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Abstract

Bacteria of the genus are important primary and opportunistic pathogens. Many are zoonotic agents. In this report, phenotypic (API Coryne analysis), genetic ( and 16S rRNA gene sequencing), and physical methods (MS) were used to distinguish the closely related diphtheroid species and , and to definitively diagnose from cephalic implants of rhesus () and cynomolgus () macaques used in cognitive neuroscience research. Throat and cephalic implant cultures yielded 85 isolates from 43 macaques. Identification by API Coryne yielded ( = 74), ( = 2), or most closely related to ( = 3), and commensals and opportunists ( = 6). The two isolates identified as by API Coryne required genetic and MS analysis for accurate characterization as . Of three isolates identified as by 16S rRNA gene sequencing, only one could be confirmed as such by API Coryne, gene sequencing and MS. This study emphasizes the importance of adjunct methods in identification of coryneforms and is the first isolation of from cephalic implants in macaques.

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