Diversity within Reference Strains of Corynebacterium matruchotii Includes Corynebacterium durum and a Novel Organism
AUTOR(ES)
Barrett, Sara L. Rassoulian
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
Corynebacterium matruchotii has been the subject of numerous dental pathogenesis studies. The purpose of the present study was to resolve concerns about diversity within the reference strains of C. matruchotii through analysis of seven strains procured from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC). Analysis of whole-cell fatty acid profiles with the library generation software of Microbial ID Inc. revealed that three types of organisms have been deposited in the ATCC as C. matruchotii. These three groups of organisms were also distinguishable by DNA-DNA dot blot hybridization, by sequences of two hypervariable regions of the 16S rRNA gene, and by the pyrrolidonyl arylamidase test. These studies indicate that two C. matruchotii reference strains, ATCC 33449 and ATCC 33822, are members of the recently proposed species, Corynebacterium durum. The colonial morphology and biochemical reactions of the C. durum strains are more diverse than originally reported. Strain ATCC 43833 is unique and represents a novel species. In addition to the type strain, ATCC 14266, true members of the species C. matruchotii include ATCC strains 14265, 33806, and 43832 plus two reference strains, L2 and Richardson 13, which comprise the vast majority of strains used in dental pathogenesis research with this species.
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