A Taxonomic Scheme for Aerobic Diphtheroids from Human Skin

Rapid Identification of Cell Wall Components As A Guide to The Classification of Aerobic Coryneform Bacteria from Human Skin

“…The chief difficulty has been that schemes based on classical tests have revealed an immense number of biotypes that can be grouped only in an arbitrary way. Generally, the correlation of an ecological observation with a test or set of tests has been the prime consideration (Evans, 1968 ;Marples, 1969;Somerville, 1973). As coryneform bacteria are ubiquitous in nature, they must frequently come into contact with exposed human skin and may remain there for some time; taxonomic schemes may be confused by the inclusion of such organisms.…”

Cistitis y hematuria por Corynebacterium striatum: A propósito de un caso y revisión de la literatura científica

“…La mayoría de las especies del género Corynebacterium forman parte de la flora habitual de la piel y las mucosas, pero no están uniformemente distribuidas, sino que algunas de ellas ocupan nichos específicos 21 . Así, C. striatum es saprofito de la piel y las mucosas, particularmente de la mucosa nasofaríngea y de la piel de las mejillas, la frente y la parte alta del tronco 22,23 . A pesar de ser una de las especies más frecuentemente aisladas, en muchos casos se ha relacionado ambiguamente con la infección, existe la posibilidad de una contaminación de la muestra o una colonización sin importancia clínica, y son pocos los casos bien documentados de infección por este microorganismo 24 .…”

Classification of Corynebacterium Species from Axillary Skin by Numerical Analysis of Electrophoretic Protein Patterns

“…and that there are several other coryneform genera amongst the bacterial flora of human skin. This finding has rendered previous classifications of skin coryneforms (Evans, 1968;Marples, 1969;Somerville, 1973) invalid because they included strains of several genera. A numerical taxonomy of coryneforms based on conventional bacteriological tests demonstrated a high degree of diversity amongst Corynebacterium spp.…”