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Phylum Actinobacteria, Class Actinobacteria, Subclass Actibacteridae, Order Actynomycetales, Suborder Corynebacterinae, Family
Corynebacteriaceae, Genus Corynebacterium, Corynebacterium suicordis Vela, Mateos, Collins, Briones, Hutson, Dominguez and
Fernandez-Garayzabal 2003.
Corynebacteriaceae, Genus Corynebacterium, Corynebacterium suicordis Vela, Mateos, Collins, Briones, Hutson, Dominguez and
Fernandez-Garayzabal 2003.
Gram-positive coryneform rods. Non-motile. Non-spore-forming. Mycolic acids are
produced.
produced.
Colonies are whitish, smooth and approximately 1–2 mm in diameter after 48 hours
incubation at 37 ºC on sheep-blood agar. Facultatively anaerobic. Non-haemolytic.
CAMP-negative.
incubation at 37 ºC on sheep-blood agar. Facultatively anaerobic. Non-haemolytic.
CAMP-negative.
Isolated from the heart of pigs (3-15 days old).
Undetermined.
- Vela A.I., Mateos A., Collins M.D., Briones V., Hutson R.A., Dominguez L. and Fernandez-Garayzabal J.F., 2003. Corynebacterium
suicordis sp. nov., from pigs. IJSEM 53, 2027-2031.
Description is based on API CORYNE (2101004), API 50CH and API ZYM tests.
Fermentative metabolism.
Positive results for acid phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase, catalase, esterase (C4), ester lipase (C8), pyrazinamidase and urease.
Negative results for aesculin hydrolysis, cystine arylamidase, chymotrypsin, gelatin hydrolysis, alpha- and beta-galactosidase, alpha-
and beta-glucosidase, beta-glucuronidase, lipophilic reaction, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, lipase, leucine arylamidase, nitrate
reduction, oxidase, pyrrolidonyl arylamidase, trypsin, valine arylamidase, acid production from: adonitol, amygdalin, arabitol, arbutin,
L-arabinose, cellobiose, dulcitol, erythritol, fructose, L- and D-fucose, galactose, gentiobiose, 2- and 5-ketogluconate, gluconate,
glucose, glycogen, glycerol, N-acetyl-beta-glucosamine, inositol, inulin, lactose, lyxose, maltose, mannitol, mannose, melibiose,
melezitose, raffinose, rhamnose, ribose, salicin, sorbitol, L-sorbose, sucrose, starch, tagatose, trehalose, turanose, xylitol and xylose.
Fermentative metabolism.
Positive results for acid phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase, catalase, esterase (C4), ester lipase (C8), pyrazinamidase and urease.
Negative results for aesculin hydrolysis, cystine arylamidase, chymotrypsin, gelatin hydrolysis, alpha- and beta-galactosidase, alpha-
and beta-glucosidase, beta-glucuronidase, lipophilic reaction, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, lipase, leucine arylamidase, nitrate
reduction, oxidase, pyrrolidonyl arylamidase, trypsin, valine arylamidase, acid production from: adonitol, amygdalin, arabitol, arbutin,
L-arabinose, cellobiose, dulcitol, erythritol, fructose, L- and D-fucose, galactose, gentiobiose, 2- and 5-ketogluconate, gluconate,
glucose, glycogen, glycerol, N-acetyl-beta-glucosamine, inositol, inulin, lactose, lyxose, maltose, mannitol, mannose, melibiose,
melezitose, raffinose, rhamnose, ribose, salicin, sorbitol, L-sorbose, sucrose, starch, tagatose, trehalose, turanose, xylitol and xylose.
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