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Corynebacterium species - Overview (view source)
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{{Taxobox
|name =''Corynebacterium''
|phylum =Actinobacteria
|order =Actinomycetales
|family =Corynebacteriaceae
|genus =Corynebacterium
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[[File:corynebacterium.jpg|right|thumb|250px|<small><center> Phase contrast of Corynebacterium glutamicum.(Biopolako
[[File:corynebacterium.jpg|right|thumb|250px|<small><center> Phase contrast of Corynebacterium glutamicum.(Biopolako
==Pathogenesis==
==Pathogenesis==
The ''Corynebacterium'' species are pyogenic, causing suppurative infections except for ''[[Corynebacterium|C. bovis]]''.
The ''Corynebacterium'' species are pyogenic, causing suppurative infections except for ''[[Corynebacterium bovis|C. bovis]]''.
==Diagnosis==
==Diagnosis==
To diagnose the ''Corynebacterium'' species, samples include pus, exudate, affected tissues and urine. The presence of coryneform organisms in smears is diagnostic. Culture on blood agar, selective blood agar and MacConkey agar are also diagnostic, they do not grow on MacConkey.
To diagnose the ''Corynebacterium'' species, samples include pus, exudate, affected tissues and urine. The presence of coryneform organisms in smears is diagnostic. Culture on blood agar, selective blood agar and MacConkey agar are also diagnostic, they do not grow on MacConkey.
<big>'''[[:Category:corynebacterium species|See here for a list of ''Corynebacterium'' species]]'''</big>
<big>'''[[:Category:Corynebacterium species|See here for a list of ''Corynebacterium'' species]]'''</big>
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