Corynebacteria/ Corynebacterium

Anaerobic corynebacteria are also included in the genus Propionibacterium after the pioneering studies of Douglas and Gunter (1946). They were transferred from the genus Corynebacterium since they are ... 

On the other hand, the boundaries of the genus were extended by including four species of anaerobic corynebacteria that inhabit human skin. Using the methods of traditional, numerical and molecular taxonomy, anaerobic corynebacteria were shown to be different from the other members of the genus Corynebacterium by a number of essential characteristics and to have genomic similarities with propionic acid bacteria. The anaerobic corynebacteria have been reclassified as P. acnes, P. avidum, P. granulosum and P. lymphophilum and are called cutaneous propionibacteria now. 

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