Corynebacterium jeikeium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
Class: | Actinomycetia |
Order: | Mycobacteriales |
Family: | Corynebacteriaceae |
Genus: | Corynebacterium |
Species: | C. jeikeium
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Binomial name | |
Corynebacterium jeikeium Jackman et al. 1988
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Corynebacterium jeikeium is a rod-shaped, catalase-positive, aerobic species of Actinomycetota in the genus Corynebacterium. C. jeikeium is pathogenic, typically causing an opportunistic infection seen most frequently in bone marrow transplant patients. C. jeikeium is a strictly aerobic organism and forms tiny grayish white colonies when grown on blood agar. [2]
C. jeikeium is usually susceptible to vancomycin and tetracycline. Resistance to macrolide antibiotics is often encountered. [3]
It can be acquired in hospitals. Its genome has been sequenced. [4]