Non-Toxigenic Corynebacterium
Introduction There are 134 validly published species in the Corynebacterium genus. Some species are part of the normal human flora but may opportunistically cause disease, and some are transmitted to humans by zoonotic contact. The potentially toxigenic Corynebacterium species comprise C. diphtheria, C. pseudotuberculosis and C. ulcerans. Toxigenic strains are lysogenic for a family of … Read more