this is in connection with the genus Corynebacterium. thanks :)
2007-05-03 22:45:57 · 4 answers · asked by help_with_physics 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Diphtheroids are species of the genus Corynebacterium which are non-pathogenic. They are normally commensals of the skin and upper respiratory tract. Examples include C. xerosis and C. hofmanii.
The methods of distinguishing diphtheroids from pathogenic C. diphtheriae is considered in the section on Corynebacterium.
2007-05-04 00:22:01 · answer #1 · answered by wierdos!!! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Corynebacteria (from the Greek words koryne meaning club and bacterion meaning little rod) are gram-positive, catalase-positive, aerobic or facultatively anaerobic, generally nonmotile rods. The genus is composed of the species Corynebacterium diphtheriae and the nondiphtherial corynebacteria, collectively referred to as diphtheroids.
2007-05-03 23:15:17 · answer #2 · answered by miserable 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The correct spelling is diphtheroid
A local infection that resembles diphtheria, especially in the formation of a false membrane, but that is caused by a microorganism other than Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Also called pseudodiphtheria.
2007-05-03 22:52:25 · answer #3 · answered by Abhijit 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Corynebacterium Pseudodiphtheria
2016-10-29 07:31:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋