| Species/Subspecies: | Corynebacterium cystitidis | ||||||||
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| Etymology: | Genus name: club-shaped bakterium (bacterium means small rod). Species epithet: of cystitis. | ||||||||
| Significance: | [Of minor importance] | ||||||||
| Taxonomy: | Class Actinomycetia Order Mycobacteriales Family Corynebacteriaceae Genus Corynebacterium |
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| Type Strain: | ATCC 29593 = CCUG 28794 = NCTC 11863 | ||||||||
| Macromorphology (smell): | Forms small colonies (1 mm i diameter), which are creamy to pale yellow. Does not give hemolysis in blood agar. | ||||||||
| Micromorphology: | Rods (0.5-1.3 µm), which appears singly, in pair or as irregular masses. | ||||||||
| Gram +/Gram -: | G+ | ||||||||
| Metabolism: | Facultatively anaerobic | ||||||||
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| Other Enzymes: | Hippuricase +, urease + | ||||||||
| Biochemical Tests: | Methyl red- | ||||||||
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| Disease: | Severe hemorrhagic cystitidis |
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| Hosts: | Cattle | ||||||||
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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 |