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Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 54 (2004), 1055-1061; DOI  10.1099/ijs.0.02907-0
© 2004 International Union of Microbiological Societies

Taxonomic characterization of nine strains isolated from clinical and environmental specimens, and proposal of Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum sp. nov.

Carole Feurer1,2,4,{dagger}, Dominique Clermont1, François Bimet1, Adina Candréa1, Mary Jackson3, Philippe Glaser2, Chantal Bizet1 and Catherine Dauga1,{ddagger}

1 Collection de l'Institut Pasteur, Institut Pasteur, 25–28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France
2 Laboratoire de Génomique des Micro-organismes Pathogènes, Département Structure et Dynamique des Génomes, Institut Pasteur, 25–28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France
3 Unité de Génétique Mycobactérienne, Département Pathogénèse Microbienne, Institut Pasteur, 25–28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France
4 Molecular Diagnostics Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, Cork Institute of Technology, Rossa Avenue, Cork, Ireland

Correspondence
Catherine Dauga
cdauga{at}pasteur.fr

Nine unidentified Gram-positive, lipophilic corynebacteria were isolated from clinical and food samples and subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic analysis. The bacteria were distinguished from Corynebacterium species with validly published names by biochemical tests, fatty acid content and whole-cell protein analysis. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis demonstrated unambiguously that the nine strains were related phylogenetically to the species Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum’ and represented a distinct subline within the genus Corynebacterium. On the basis of both phenotypic and phylogenetic evidence, the formal description of Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of C. tuberculostearicum is Medalle XT (=LDC-20T=CIP 107291T=CCUG 45418T=ATCC 35529T).


The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession numbers for the 16S rRNA gene sequences determined in this study are shown in Fig. 2.

{dagger}Present address: UMR de Génie et Microbiologie des Procédés Alimentaires, INRA, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France.

{ddagger}Present address: Plate-forme 4, Génopole, Institut Pasteur, 25–28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France.







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