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Corynebacterium striatum
Definition 1
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 positive, urease negative, pyrazinamidase positive, reduces nitrate, ferments glucose and sucrose, non-lipophilic, indole negative, and hydrolyzes gelatin. C. striatum is commensal in the skin and nasal flora and is a pathogen known to cause bacteremia in immunocompromised patients with respiratory infections, skin ulcers, or during surgery. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Corynebacterium striatum. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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