RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 HOLDEMAN, LILLIAN V. A1 CATO, ELIZABETH P. A1 MOORE, W. E. C.YR 1967 T1 Amended description of Ramibacterium alactolyticum Prévot and Taffanel with proposal of a neotype strain1 JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 17 IS 4 SP 323 OP 341 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-17-4-323 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB ABSTRACT Prévot’s strain DO-4 (VPI strain 0416) is proposed as the neotype strain of Ramibacterium alactolyticum Prévot and Taffanel (1 942). This strain represents members of the genus Ramibacterium formerly assigned to R. alactolyticum, R. pleuriticum, and R. dentium, which are objective synonyms. R. alactolyticum is an aerobic, Gram - positive, catalase - negative, pleomorphic rod that produces alcohols and acetic, butyric, caprioc, and often caprylic acids from glucose, apparently by condensation of 2-carbon intermediates with carboxylic acids in the medium. The organism is morphologically similar to the anaerobic corynebacteria, but can be differentiated from catalase - negative anaerobic corynebacteria by fermentation products and by several other properties as described in this study. R. alactolyticum has been isolated from human infections in Europe and in the United States., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-17-4-323