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Emendation of the description of the species Corynebacterium propinquum to include strains which produce urease.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Jun 2013
Bernard Kathryn, Pacheco Ana Luisa, Cunningham Ian, Gill Navdeep, Burdz Tamara, Wiebe Deborah
Abstract excerpt
Corynebacterium propinquum is a Gram-positive rod occasionally recovered from clinical infections which, according to 16S rRNA gene sequencing, is most closely related (>99% sequence similarity) to Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum. The two species are very similar biochemically, commonly differentiated by a single test, the detection of urease, where strains of C. propinquum are described as being...
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