| Species/Subspecies: | Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis | ||||||||
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| Category: | Zoonotic | ||||||||
| Etymology: | Genus name: club-shaped bakterium (bacterium means small rod). Species epithet: of false tuberculosis. | ||||||||
| Significance: | [Important] | ||||||||
| Taxonomy: | Class Actinomycetia Order Mycobacteriales Family Corynebacteriaceae Genus Corynebacterium |
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| Type Strain: | ATCC 19410 = CCUG 2806 = NCTC 3450. | ||||||||
| Macromorphology (smell): | White to grayish and waxy colonies. Give hemolysis on blood agar. | ||||||||
| Micromorphology: | Pleomorphic and nonmotile | ||||||||
| Gram +/Gram -: | G+ | ||||||||
| Metabolism: | Facultatively anaerobic | ||||||||
| Catalase/Oxidase: | +/- | ||||||||
| Other Enzymes: | Esculinase -, hippuricase -, urease + | ||||||||
| Biochemical Tests: | Methyl red +. | ||||||||
| Fermentation of carbohydrates: | D-glucose + lactose - maltose + L-rhamnose - sucrose v L-arabinose v cellobiose ? D-mannitol ? salicin - trehalose v glycerol ? inulin ? raffinose - D-sorbitol ? starch v |
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| Disease: | Caseous lymphadenitis. |
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| Hosts: | Sheep, goats | ||||||||
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176 species and 13 subspecies are described within the genus Corynebacterium. However, not all names have been approved yet and some species have been affiliated to another genus. The genus Corynebacterium is closely related to the genera Mycobacterium, Nocardia, Rhodococcus and Crossiella. | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2023-03-02 |