Global InformationCorynebacterium amycolatum information
| Corynebacterium amycolatum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetia |
| Order: | Mycobacteriales |
| Family: | Corynebacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Corynebacterium |
| Species: | C. amycolatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Corynebacterium amycolatum Collins et al 1988
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Corynebacterium amycolatum is a gram-positive, non-spore-forming, aerobic or facultatively anaerobic bacillus capable of fermentation [1] with propionic acid as the major end product of its glucose metabolism. One of its best known relatives is Corynebacterium diphtheriae, the causative agent of diphtheria. C. amycolatum is a common component of the natural flora found on human skin and mucous membranes, and therefore is an occasional contaminant in human blood cultures but can rarely cause infections such as endocarditis.[2]
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- ^ Knox, Karen (2002). "Nosocomial Endocarditis Caused by Corynebacterium amycolatum and Other Nondiphtheriae Corynebacteria". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 8 (1). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: 97–9. doi:10.3201/eid0801.010151. PMC 2730276. PMID 11749760. Retrieved 30 October 2012.