Differentiation of Corynebacterium amycolatum, C. minutissimum, and C. striatum by carbon substrate assimilation tests.

doi:10.1128/JCM.36.12.3698-3702.1998

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Differentiation of Corynebacterium amycolatum, C. minutissimum, and C. striatum by carbon substrate assimilation tests.

Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Dec 1998

Renaud F N, Dutaur M, Daoud S, Aubel D, Riegel P, Monget D, Freney J

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We tested the carbon substrate assimilation patterns of 40 Corynebacterium amycolatum strains, 19 C. minutissimum strains, 50 C. striatum strains, and 1 C. xerosis strain with the Biotype 100 system (bioMérieux, Marcy-l'Etoile, France). Twelve carbon substrates of 99 allowed discrimination among...

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Carbon
Corynebacterium
Phenotype

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