Preferred Label : Corynebacterium amycolatum;
NCIt definition : A species of aerobic or facultatively anaerobic, Gram-positive, coryneform, pleomorphic
bacilli assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria. This species is nonmotile, non-spore
forming, catalase and urease positive, oxidase negative, non-acid fast, non-lipophilic,
and does not produce hippurate. C. amycolatum is commensal to the human skin and mucous
membranes and is known to cause prosthetic joint related infections, and pneumonia,
especially in immunocompromised persons.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Corynebacterium
amycolatum.;
Taxon ID : 43765;
Origin ID : C86308;
UMLS CUI : C0445692;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
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