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Comparative chemotaxonomic studies of mycolic acid-free coryneform bacteria of human origin.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Aug 1993
Barreau C, Bimet F, Kiredjian M, Rouillon N, Bizet C
Abstract excerpt
Forty-two clinical isolates were classified as Corynebacterium minutissimum, Corynebacterium striatum, and Corynebacterium CDC group I by the API Coryne system. The chemotaxonomic characteristics of the isolates were determined by thin-layer chromatographic analysis. Twenty-six isolates were found to have a type IV cell wall (meso-di-aminopimelic acid arabinose, galactose) but did not contain mycolic acids. These...
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