The classification and taxonomy of the corynebacteria.
At the close of the nineteenth century Lehmann and Neumann (1896) designed the genus Corynebacterium as a suitable pigeon-hole in their scheme of Bacterial classification for the organism producing the disease diphtheria and a few other organisms which were considered similar for morphological reaso...
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McGill University
1955
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| Summary: | At the close of the nineteenth century Lehmann and Neumann (1896) designed the genus Corynebacterium as a suitable pigeon-hole in their scheme of Bacterial classification for the organism producing the disease diphtheria and a few other organisms which were considered similar for morphological reasons. The genus consisted entirely of human and animal pathogenic or parasitic bacteria characterized by irregular, often club-like cell shapes, Gram-positive but showing irregular staining, non-acid-fast, non-motile, lacking endospores and having a predominently aerobic habitat. |
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