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    Corynebacterium diphtheriae is a gram-positive pathogenic bacterium that causes diphtheria. It is also known as the Klebs–Löffler bacillus because it...
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    extracellular and cell surface proteome of the human pathogen Corynebacterium diphtheriae". Proteomics. 2006 (6): 2465–2476. doi:10.1002/pmic.200500360...
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    Diphtheria is an infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Most infections are asymptomatic or have a mild clinical course, but in...
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    diphtheria causing bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Corynebacterium striatum can be differentiated from other Corynebacterium types based on its ability...
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    Caused by Corynebacterium ulcerans in Germany: Amino Acid Sequence Differences between Diphtheria Toxins from Corynebacterium diphtheriae and C. ulcerans"...
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  • of its glucose metabolism. One of its best known relatives is Corynebacterium diphtheriae, the causative agent of diphtheria. C. amycolatum is a common...
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    is an exotoxin secreted mainly by Corynebacterium diphtheriae but also by Corynebacterium ulcerans and Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, the pathogenic...
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    strep throat. Rarely bacteria such as Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, or Haemophilus influenzae may be the cause. Typically the infection...
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  • on specimens of Corynebacterium diphtheriae, the bacteria that causes diphtheria. It is used to test for toxigenicity of C. diphtheriae strains. The test...
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    specific for bacteria of genus Corynebacterium as its host. Corynebacterium diphtheriae virus strain Corynebacterium diphtheriae phage (aka Corynephage β or...
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    include: botulinum toxin produced by Clostridium botulinum; Corynebacterium diphtheriae toxin, produced during life-threatening symptoms of diphtheria;...
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    Cutaneous diphtheria is an infection of the skin by Corynebacterium diphtheriae.: 265  It is also known as "desert sore". Diphtheria Skin lesion James...
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  • 1949, described a modified Loeffler's medium for cultivating Corynebacterium diphtheriae. This medium has a variety of uses in microbiological investigations...
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    causes diphtheria, which was called Klebs–Loeffler bacterium (now Corynebacterium diphtheriae). He was the father of physician Arnold Klebs. Klebs was born...
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    benefits the virus through enhanced lysogen survival. Examples: Corynebacterium diphtheriae produces the toxin of diphtheria only when it is infected by...
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  • as one of the identifying criteria when attempting to isolate Corynebacterium diphtheriae on Löffler's medium. Polyphosphate granules display the metachromatic...
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    Haemophilus influenzae, Bordetella pertussis, Bacillus anthracis, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydophila pneumoniae, Mycoplasma...
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    Paterson NG, Gaspar AH, Ton-That H, Baker EN (October 2009). "The Corynebacterium diphtheriae shaft pilin SpaA is built of tandem Ig-like modules with stabilizing...
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    is a toxoid vaccine against diphtheria, an illness caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Its use has resulted in a more than 90% decrease in number of...
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  • called Clostridium welchii) Clostridium tetani Corynebacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae Corynebacterium fusiforme Coxiella burnetii Cutibacterium acnes...
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    conversion. Examples are the conversion of harmless strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae or Vibrio cholerae by bacteriophages to highly virulent ones...
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    rodentium Corynebacterium diphtheriae bv. belfanti, synonym for Corynebacterium belfantii Corynebacterium diphtheriae bv. intermedius Corynebacterium diphtheriae...
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  • produce it; for example, diphtheria toxin is only produced by Corynebacterium diphtheriae bacteria and is required for the diphtheria disease. Some bacterial...
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  • unclassified viruses—including the corynephages β and ω, which infect Corynebacterium diphtheriae and carry the deadly diphtheria toxin. The following species...
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    catalase-positive. Other catalase-positive organisms include Listeria, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Burkholderia cepacia, Nocardia, the family Enterobacteriaceae...
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    causes are Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Bordetella pertussis, and Bacillus anthracis[citation needed]...
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    Administration (FDA). 7 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020. "Daptacel (corynebacterium diphtheriae toxoid antigen (formaldehyde inactivated), clostridium tetani...
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    Neisseria gonorrhoeae, β-hemolytic streptococci, and Corynebacterium diphtheriae. C. diphtheriae causes membrane formation in conjunctiva of unimmunized...
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    Large, blunt-ended rods Obligate anaerobic Extracellular Corynebacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae Positive (unevenly) Rods Mostly facultative anaerobic...
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    Dipthamide is named after the toxin produced by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae, which targets diphthamide. Besides this toxin, it is also targeted...
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