Open AccessProposal of Corynebacterium propinquum sp. nov. for Corynebacterium group ANF‐3 strains
Author(s) -
Riegel P.,
Briel D.,
Prévost G.,
Jehl F.,
Monteil H.
Publication year - 1993
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.1574-6968.1993.tb06519.x
Subject(s) - corynebacterium , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , ribotyping , arabinose , strain (injury) , bacteria , chemotaxonomy , galactose , biochemistry , genetics , fermentation , gene , polymerase chain reaction , xylose , taxonomy (biology) , botany , anatomy
Chemotaxonomic and genomic studies were performed on seven Corynebacterium group ANF‐3 strains isolated from human sources. All these strains possess cell wall component type IV ( meso ‐diaminopimelic acid, arabinose and galactose), corynemycolic acids and a G+C content of DNA of 57 to 59 mol%. These results confirm that they can be placed in the genus Corynebacterium . Six of these strains were found to constitute a tight hybridization group distinct from named Corynebacterium species or related organisms. This genomic group constitutes a new species which can be identified within the genus Corynebacterium by ribotyping or phenotypic tests and for which the name Corynebacterium propinquum is proposed. The type strain is strain B 77159 (= Collection of the Institut Pasteur CIP 103792).