Open AccessCorynebacterium amycolatum sp. nov. a new mycolic acid‐less Corynebacterium species from human skin
Author(s) -
Collins Matthew D.,
Burton Ruth A.,
Jones Dorothy
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1988.tb02755.x
Subject(s) - corynebacterium , mycolic acid , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , chemotaxonomy , corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis , taxonomy (biology) , mycobacterium , genetics , botany
Chemotaxonomic studies were performed on some gram‐positive coryneform bacteria of uncertain taxonomic position isolated from human skin. The results indicate that the cutaneous strains represent a new mycolic acid‐less Corynebacterium species for which the name Corynebacterium amycolatum sp. nov. is proposed.