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... > Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Gram-Positive Rods > Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods > Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods, Irregular > Actinobacteria > Corynebacterium

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Corynebacterium  

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  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics; infection = CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS

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  • A genus of asporogenous bacteria that is widely distributed in nature. Its organisms appear as straight to slightly curved rods and are known to be human and animal parasites and pathogens.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003352

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