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

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Corynebacterium diphtheriae  

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  • infection in man: usually DIPHTHERIA, otherwise coordinate with CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS

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  • A species of gram-positive, asporogenous bacteria in which three cultural types are recognized. These types (gravis, intermedius, and mitis) were originally given in accordance with the clinical severity of the cases from which the different strains were most frequently isolated. This species is the causative agent of DIPHTHERIA.

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