Species- and strain-level diversity of Corynebacteria isolated from human facial skin

BMC Microbiology

Table 2 Biochemical properties of the 15 cutaneous corynebacterial isolates

strain	species	PYZ	PyrA	PAL	ESC	URE	GEL	GLU	RIB	MAL	SAC
P1-F1	C. sanguinis	+	-	+	-	+	-	+	-	-	-
P15-C2	C. sanguinis	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	-
P4-C2	C. ureicelerivorans	+	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-
P14-F4	C. ureicelerivorans	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	-	-
P5-C4	C. kefirresidentii	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	-
P7-F1		+	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	+
P7-C1		+	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	+
P12-C2	C. bovis	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-
P5-F2	C. tuberculostearicum	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	+
P1-C1	C. kroppenstedtii	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	-	-	-
P15-C1	C. pseudokroppenstedtii	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	-	-
P3-F1	“C. vikingii”	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-
P4-C1	“C. borealis”	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	+
P8-C1		+	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	+
P4-F2		+	-	+	-	-	+	+	+	-	+

Abbreviations: PYZ (pyrazinamindase); PyrA (pyrrolidonyl acrylamidase); PAL (alkaline phosphatase); ESC (β–glucosidase, esculin); URE (urease); GEL (hydrolysis of gelatin); fermentation of glucose (GLU), ribose (RIB), maltose (MAL), and saccharose (SAC)

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