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A new Corynebacterium species has been isolated from the genital tract.

Women's Health Weekly

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2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new Corynebacterium species has been isolated from the human female urogenital tract.

According to a study from the United States, "six independent isolates of an unusual black-pigmented Corynebacterium species (strains CN-1, CN-2, CN-3415, W70124, 91-0032, and 92-0360) were recovered from the human female urogenital tract. Four of the six source patients had complications of pregnancy, including spontaneous abortion, preterm labor, and low amniotic fluid volume at the time of the pathogen isolation. One isolate was recovered from a vaginal ulcer."

"All six strains yielded black-pigmented colonies on sheep blood agar, chocolate agar, and colistin-nalidixic acid agar after 24 to 48 hours of incubation at 35 degrees C. The dry, adherent colonies pitted the agar surface. The cells were coccobacillary to rod-shaped, catalase positive, nonmotile, and nonlipophilic," S.K. Shukla and colleagues, Marshfield Medical Research Foundation, Clinical Research Center wrote.

"Only five of six isolates were available for characterization. Biochemical and chemotaxonomic studies revealed that the strains belong to the genus Corynebacterium but differ from known corynebacterial species. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence ...

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