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Species/Subspecies: Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis
Category: Zoonotic
Etymology: Genus name: club-shaped bakterium (bacterium means small rod).
Species epithet: of false tuberculosis.
Significance:  [Important]   
Taxonomy:
Phylum
Actinomycetota
Class
Actinomycetia
Order
Mycobacteriales
Family
Corynebacteriaceae 
Genus
Corynebacterium
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
Fructose +, mannose +, xylose -
Spec. Char.:
Special Media:
Disease:Caseous lymphadenitis.
Hosts: Sheep, goats
Clinical Picture:
Genome Sequence:
Acc-noStrainSize (bp)Genome
NC_014329 FRC41 2 337 913 1c + 0 

16S rRNA Seq.:
Acc-noStrainNumber of NTOperon
D38579 ATCC 19410T 1 472 

Taxonomy/phylogeny:
Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis  
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

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