2.Three-valve Endocarditis Caused by Corynebacterium striatum
Ja Yeon LEE ; Sun Hwa LEE ; Won Ho KIM
Korean Circulation Journal 2018;48(9):861-862
No abstract available.
Corynebacterium
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Endocarditis
3.Multidrug-Resistant Corynebacterium striatum Bacteremia: First Case in Korea.
Gilsung YOO ; Juwon KIM ; Young UH ; Hyeun Gyeo LEE ; Gyu Yel HWANG ; Kap Joon YOON
Annals of Laboratory Medicine 2015;35(4):472-473
No abstract available.
Bacteremia*
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Corynebacterium*
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Korea
4.Cloning and sequencing of the gene coding for diphtheria toxin from corynebacterium diphtheriae vaccine strain at IVAC
Journal of Preventive Medicine 2003;13(6):65-70
In this study, PCR technique was used with 2 primer pairs for amplifying DNA fragments at 5’ and 3’ of the gene encoding diphteria toxine of the strains Corynebacterium diphtheriae. After the cloning and sequencing, 2 separated fragments were joined to form a complete gene. The sequence of gene was translated into protein and the results were submitted into Gene Bank Database
Diphtheria Toxin
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Genes
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae
5.Postoperative Abdominal Infection Caused by Corynebacterium minutissimum.
Ji Young SHIN ; Woon Kee LEE ; Yiel Hea SEO ; Yoon Soo PARK
Infection and Chemotherapy 2014;46(4):261-263
Corynebacterium minutissimum is a non-spore forming, gram-positive, aerobic or facultative anaerobic bacillus. It is the causative organism of erythrasma, a common superficial infection of skin, which typically presents as reddish-brown macular patches. To date, it has rarely been found to cause invasive disease, although other non-diphtheria corynebacteria are becoming increasingly common as opportunistic pathogens. We report on a rare case of abdominal infection due to C. minutissimum in an immunocompetent adult who was successfully treated with intravenous amoxicillin/sulbactam.
Abdomen
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Adult
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Bacillus
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Corynebacterium*
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Erythrasma
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Humans
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Skin
6.Amino acid exporters and metabolic modification of Corynebacterium glutamicum - a review.
Xiaomei ZHANG ; Yujie GAO ; Ling YANG ; Yi YANG ; Ping ZHENG ; Jibin SUN ; Jinsong SHI ; Zhenghong XU
Chinese Journal of Biotechnology 2020;36(11):2250-2259
Amino acids are important compounds with a wide range of applications in the food, medicine and chemical industries. Corynebacterium glutamicum is a powerful workhorse commonly used in industrial amino acid production, with the scale of more than one million tons. In addition to its efficient anabolism, the effective exporters also ensure the high amino acid production by C. glutamicum. In this review, the research progress of amino acid exporter of C. glutamicum is summarized, to provide the foundation for further improving amino acid production by C. glutamicum via metabolic engineering.
Amino Acids
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Corynebacterium glutamicum/genetics*
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Metabolic Engineering
7.Identification and analysis of 2 Corynebacterium diphtheria strains in Guangdong Province.
Zhen Cui LI ; Mei Zhen LIU ; Yan Mei FANG ; Zi Jun GONG ; Xu Lin WANG ; Jing Diao CHEN ; Bo Sheng LI
Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine 2022;56(4):427-432
Objective: To identify and analyze two strains of C. diphtheriae in Guangdong Province by combining whole genome sequencing with traditional detection methods. Methods: The C. diphtheriae was isolated from Guangzhou in 2010 and Zhuhai in 2020 respectively. Isolates were identified by API Coryne strips and MALDI-TOF-MS. Genomic DNA was sequenced by using Illumina. The assembly was performed for each strain using CLC software. J Species WS online tool was used for average nucleoside homology identification, then narKGHIJ and tox gene were detected by NCBI online analysis tool BLSATN. MEGA-X was used to build a wgSNP phylogenetic tree. Results: GD-Guangzhou-2010 was Belfanti and GD-Zuhai-2020 was Gravis. ANIb between GD-Guangzhou-2010 and C. belfantii was 99.61%. ANI between GD-Zhuhai-2020 and C. diphtheriae was 97.64%. BLASTN results showed that the nitrate reduction gene narKGHIJ and tox gene of GD-Guangzhou-2010 was negative, while GD-Zhuhai-2020 nitrate reduction gene narKGHIJ was positive. There were two obvious clades in wgSNP phylogenetic tree. The first clades included all Mitis and Gravis types strains as well as GD-Zhuhai-2020. The second clades contained all isolates of C.belfantii, C.diphtheriae subsp. lausannense and GD-guangzhou-2010. Conclusion: Two non-toxic C. diphtheriae strains are successfully isolated and identified. The phylogenetic tree suggests that GD-Guangzhou-2010 and GD-Zhuhai-2020 are located in two different evolutionary branches.
China/epidemiology*
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Corynebacterium
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae/genetics*
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Diphtheria/microbiology*
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Humans
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Nitrates
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Phylogeny
8.Treatment of livestock carcasses in soil using Corynebacterium glutamicum and lysosomal application to livestock burial.
Eun Seon HONG ; Seung Hyuck BANG ; Yang Hoon KIM ; Jiho MIN
Environmental Health and Toxicology 2018;33(2):e2018009-
A method of rapidly decaying livestock carcasses is sought through Corine glutamicum, and furthermore, lysosomes are used to remove toxic microorganisms from livestock carcasses. The landfill was constructed on a laboratory scale. Optimized growth conditions of C. glutamicum that could quickly decay livestock carcasses were determined. Lysosomes were extracted from egg whites and used to treat contaminated soil to confirm their antimicrobial activities. Condition of C. glutamicum was activated, regardless both anaerobic and aerobic conditions, soil exists and, to be close to the optimum conditions as possible temperatures, moisture content was about 1/10 of the culture. Lysosomes were found to be effective in clearing soil contamination. C. glutamicum can accelerate the decay of livestock carcasses. A combination of C. glutamicum and lysomes could be used to treat soil contamination caused by decomposition of livestock.
Burial*
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Corynebacterium glutamicum*
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Corynebacterium*
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Egg White
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Livestock*
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Lysosomes
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Methods
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Soil*
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Waste Disposal Facilities
9.Treatment of livestock carcasses in soil using Corynebacterium glutamicum and lysosomal application to livestock burial
Eun Seon HONG ; Seung Hyuck BANG ; Yang Hoon KIM ; Jiho MIN
Environmental Health and Toxicology 2018;33(2):2018009-
A method of rapidly decaying livestock carcasses is sought through Corine glutamicum, and furthermore, lysosomes are used to remove toxic microorganisms from livestock carcasses. The landfill was constructed on a laboratory scale. Optimized growth conditions of C. glutamicum that could quickly decay livestock carcasses were determined. Lysosomes were extracted from egg whites and used to treat contaminated soil to confirm their antimicrobial activities. Condition of C. glutamicum was activated, regardless both anaerobic and aerobic conditions, soil exists and, to be close to the optimum conditions as possible temperatures, moisture content was about 1/10 of the culture. Lysosomes were found to be effective in clearing soil contamination. C. glutamicum can accelerate the decay of livestock carcasses. A combination of C. glutamicum and lysomes could be used to treat soil contamination caused by decomposition of livestock.
Burial
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Corynebacterium glutamicum
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Corynebacterium
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Egg White
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Livestock
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Lysosomes
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Methods
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Soil
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Waste Disposal Facilities
10.A Case of Erythrasma.
Woong Suck SUH ; Ki Ho LEE ; Choong Rim HAW ; Jai Il YOON ; Soo Duk LIM
Korean Journal of Dermatology 1983;21(1):101-105
Erythrasma is a chronic, superficial bacterial skin infection involving the body folds and toewebs, and sametimes it may be generalized. The causative organism of this disease is Corynebacterium minutissimum. But, in Korea, there are few reported case about this common condition. We experienced a case of erythrasma on 39-year-old male who have had well defined, brownish fine scaly patches on both crural areas for 15 years. We had treated this patient with topical antifungal agent for 1 month under impression of tinea cruris, But skin lesion was not improved. So, we reexamined the lesion and diagnosed it as genitocrural form of erythrasma with it's clinical appearance, red fluorescence under Wood's light. And we treated it with oral erythromycin.
Adult
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Corynebacterium
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Erythrasma*
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Erythromycin
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Fluorescence
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Humans
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Korea
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Male
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Skin
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Tinea