FAMILY CORYNEBACTERIACEAE 



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Corijnebacteriuin bruneum Kisskalt and 

 Berend. {Bacterium hninexim y ar- 

 bor escens, quoted from Kisskalt and 

 Berend, Cent. f. Bakt., I Abt., Orig., 

 81, 1918, 446 ; Kisskalt and Berend, idem.) 

 Source not given. 



Corynebacterium cerebralis Eberson. 

 (Jour. Inf. Dis., 23, 1918, 17.) From 

 the brain in a case of meningitis. 



Corynebacterium. ceruminis (Graham- 

 Smith) Eberson. {Bacillus ceruminis 

 Graham-Smith, Jour. Hyg., 4, 1904, 258; 

 Eberson, Jour. Inf. Dis., 23, 1918, 8.) 

 Indole is not formed. From normal and 

 scarlet fever-infected ears. 



Corxjnebacterium commune Martin. 

 (Compt. rend. Soc. Biol., Paris, 81, 1918, 

 991 and 998.) From the pharynx. 



Corynebacterium cremoides (Lehmann 

 and Neumann) Jensen. {Bacterium cre- 

 moides Lehmann and Neumann, Bakt. 

 Diag., 1 Aufl., 2, 1896, 253; Jensen, Proc. 

 Linn. Soc. New So. Wales, 59, 1934, 40.) 

 From tapwater, Wiirzburg. Lehmann 

 and Neumann recognize this species as a 

 Corynebacterium in the seventh edition 

 of their determinative bacteriologj' 

 (Bakt. Diag., 7 Aufl., 2, 1927, 710) but 

 do not use the binomial Corynebacterium 

 cremoides except in the index, page 848. 

 Jensen has reisolated this organism from 

 soil in Australia. Bacterium cocciforme 

 Migula (Kultur No. 2, Severin. Cent. f. 

 Bakt., II Abt., 1, 1895, 160; Migula, 

 Syst. d. Bakt., 2, 1900, 439) from manure 

 is regarded by Jensen {loc. c.it.) as 

 closely related to this species. 



Corynebacterium cuculi (Graham- 

 Smith) Bergey et al. {Bacillus cuculi 

 Graham-Smith, Jour, of Hyg., 4, 1904, 

 315; Bergey et al., Manual, 1st ed., 1923, 

 387.) From the throat of a cuckoo. For 

 a more complete description see IManual, 

 5th ed., 1939, 802. 



Corynebacterium. cuniculi Hauduroy 

 et al. {Bacillus pyogenes cuniculi Com- 

 inotti, Clinica Veterinaria, 44, 1921, 45; 

 Hauduroy et al., Diet. d. Bact. Path., 

 1937, 147). Reported as Gram-variable 

 by Cominotti, as Gram-negative by 



Hauduroy et al. Causative agent of 

 suppurative infection of rabbit. 



Corynebacterium cutis Hauduroy et 

 al. {Bacillus cutis communis Nicolle, 

 quoted from Costa, Troisser and Dau- 

 vaugne, Compt. rend. Soc. Biol., Paris, 

 81, 1918, 1003; Bacillus cutis Costa, 

 Troisser and Dauvaugne, ibid., 1004; 

 Bacterium cutis commune Nicolle, quoted 

 from Debre and Letulle, La Presse Med., 

 27, 1919, 515; Hauduroy et al., Diet. d. 

 Bact. Path., 1937, 148). From normal 

 skin and nasal passages. 



Corynebacterium delicatum Eberson. 

 (Jour. Inf. Dis., 23, 1918, 16.) From 

 ascitic fluid. Also from blood. 



Corynebacterium dermophilum (Rohde) 

 Andrewes et al. {Bacillus dermophilus 

 Rohde, Miinch. med. Wchnschr., 68, 

 1921, 234; Andrewes, Bulloch, Douglas, 

 Dreyer, Fildes, Ledingham and Wolf, 

 Diphtheria, London, H. M. Stationery 

 Office, 1923, 391.) From the skin. 



Corynebacterium diphtheroides Prevot. 

 (Bacille diphtheroide, Jungano, Compt. 

 rend. Soc. Biol., Paris, 61, 1909, 112; 

 Prevot, Ann. Inst. Past., 60, 1938, 304.) 

 Forms gas in some media. From the 

 intestines of white rats. 



Corynebacterium epidermidis Eberson. 

 (Jour. Inf. Dis., 23, 1918, 17.) From 

 skin and pus pockets. Resembles Cory- 

 nebacierium suppuratum Eberson. 



Corynebacterium flocculens Eberson. 

 (Jour. Inf. Dis., 23, 1918, 17.) From a 

 case of appendicitis. 



Corynebacterium gallinarum Bergey 

 et al. {Bacillus diphtheroides galli- 

 narum Graham-Smith, Jour, of Hyg., 4, 

 1904, 314; Bergey et al.. Manual, 1st ed., 

 1923,387.) From the throats of chickens. 

 For a more complete description see 

 Manual, 5th ed., 1939, 802. 



Corynebacterium glandulae Eberson. 

 (Jour. Inf. Dis., 23, 1918, 14.) From 

 lymph glands in Hodgkin's disease but 

 not specific for the disease. 



Corynebacterium granulomatis maligni 

 de Negri and Mieremet. (Cent. f. Bakt., 

 I Abt., Orig., 68, 1913, 292.) Causative 

 agent of human malignant granuloma. 



