Corynebacterium renale

Corynebacterium renale
Blood agar plate culture of Corynebacterium renale
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinobacteria
Order: Actinomycetales
Family: Corynebacteriaceae
Genus: Corynebacterium
Species: C. renale
Binomial name
Corynebacterium renale
(Migula, 1900) Ernst, 1906

Corynebacterium renale is a pathogenic bacterium that causes cystitis and pyelonephritis in cattle.[1]

C. renale is a facultatively anaerobic Gram-positive organism, characterized by nonencapsulated, nonsporulated, immobile, straight or curved rods with a length of 1 to 8 µm and width of 0.3 to 0.8 µm, which forms ramified aggregations in culture (looking like "Chinese characters").

The bacterium is sensitive to the majority of antibiotics, such as the penicillins, ampicillin, cephalosporins, quinolones, chloramphenicol, tetracyclines, cefuroxime, and trimethoprim.

References

  1. "Bovine Cystitis and Pyelonephritis". The Merck Veterinary Manual. 2006. Retrieved 2007-06-05.

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