RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Feurer, Carole A1 Clermont, Dominique A1 Bimet, François A1 Candréa, Adina A1 Jackson, Mary A1 Glaser, Philippe A1 Bizet, Chantal A1 Dauga, CatherineYR 2004 T1 Taxonomic characterization of nine strains isolated from clinical and environmental specimens, and proposal of Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum sp. nov. JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 54 IS 4 SP 1055 OP 1061 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02907-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Nine unidentified Gram-positive, lipophilic corynebacteria were isolated from clinical and food samples and subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic analysis. The bacteria were distinguished from Corynebacterium species with validly published names by biochemical tests, fatty acid content and whole-cell protein analysis. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis demonstrated unambiguously that the nine strains were related phylogenetically to the species ‘Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum’ and represented a distinct subline within the genus Corynebacterium. On the basis of both phenotypic and phylogenetic evidence, the formal description of Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of C. tuberculostearicum is Medalle XT (=LDC-20T=CIP 107291T=CCUG 45418T=ATCC 35529T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.02907-0