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. 1999 Apr;37(4):954-7.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.37.4.954-957.1999.

Identification of nonlipophilic corynebacteria isolated from dairy cows with mastitis

J Hommez  1 , L A Devriese, M Vaneechoutte, P Riegel, P Butaye, F Haesebrouck
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Identification of nonlipophilic corynebacteria isolated from dairy cows with mastitis

J Hommez et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1999 Apr.

Abstract

Nonlipophilic corynebacteria associated with clinical and subclinical mastitis in dairy cows were found to belong to four species: Corynebacterium amycolatum, Corynebacterium ulcerans, Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, and Corynebacterium minutissimum. These species may easily be confused. However, clear-cut differences between C. ulcerans and C. pseudotuberculosis were found in their acid production from maltotriose and ethylene glycol, susceptibility to vibriostatic agent O129, and alkaline phosphatase. Absence of growth at 20 degrees C and lack of alpha-glucosidase and 4MU-alpha-D-glycoside hydrolysis activity differentiated C. amycolatum from C. pseudotuberculosis and C. ulcerans. The mastitis C. pseudotuberculosis strains differed from the biovar equi and ovis reference strains and from caprine field strains in their colony morphologies and in their reduced inhibitory activity on staphylococcal beta-hemolysin. C. amycolatum was the most frequently isolated nonlipophilic corynebacterium.

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