TABLE 2.
Corynebacterium strains classified by production of propionic acida
| Propionic acid production | Species | Strains | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| No | C. accolens | NML 98-0005 | This study |
| C. afermentans | NML 88-0199 = CIP 103499TS | This study | |
| C. auris | DMMZ 328TS | This study; 8 | |
| C. bovis | NML 99-0033 | This study; 7 | |
| C. coyleae | NML 93-0786, 96-0224, 97-0083, 97-0171, 98-0010, 98-0066, 98-0068, 99-0246; DMMZ 214TS | This study; 7 | |
| C. falsenii | NML 97-0205 | This study | |
| C. imitans | NML 98-0019 | This study | |
| C. jeikeium | NML 98-0125, 99-0037 | This study; 7, 8 | |
| C. macginleyi | DMMZ 1352TS | This study | |
| C. minutissimum | 7, 8, 32 | ||
| C. mucifaciens | NML 96-0217, 97-0088, 97-0096, 97-0097, 97-0158, 97-0167, 97-0202, 97-0216, 98-0057, 99-0203, 00-0064, 01-0118 | This study | |
| C. mucifaciens | 97-0160 | This study | |
| C. mycetoides | ATCC 21134 | This study | |
| C. propinquum | 8 | ||
| C. pseudodiphtheriticum | ATCC 10700 | This study; 8 | |
| C. renale | 7, 8 | ||
| C. riegelii | NML 95-0198, 97-0139, 98-0154, 99-0185 | This study | |
| C. simulans | NML 81-0613, 00-0186 | This study | |
| C. striatum | 7, 8, 32 | ||
| C. sundsvallense | NML 93-0639, 99-0121 | This study | |
| C. thomssenii | NML 97-0130 | This study | |
| C. urealyticum | This study; 8 | ||
| C. xerosis | 7, 18, 32 | ||
| CDC group G | 7, 8 | ||
| CDC group F-1 | NML 98-0116 | This studyb | |
| Black-pigmented Corynebacterium spp. | NML 91-0032, 92-0360 | This study | |
| Yes | C. amycolatum | NML 89-0826, 91-0077, 92-0042, 92-0043 | This study; 8, 18, 32 |
| C. argentoratense | NML 98-0075 | This study | |
| C. confusum | NML 00-0145 | This study | |
| C. diphtheriae (all biotypes) | This study; 7, 8, 32 | ||
| C. durum | 21, 24 | ||
| C. glucuronolyticum | 8, 14, 32 | ||
| C. kroppenstedtii | NML 96-0162, 97-0060 | This study | |
| C. kutscheri | 7, 8 | ||
| C. matruchotii | 24 | ||
| C. pseudotuberculosis | 7 | ||
| C. ulcerans | 7, 8 | ||
| CDC group F | 7 |
All strains were found to have detectable acetic acid and/or lactic acid and/or succinic acid. Products were detected at the NML with identifiers as shown for taxon or otherwise from the reference cited. NML 88-0199, formerly LCDC 88-0199, was deposited as CIP 103499TS. CIP, Collection of the Institute Pasteur; DMMZ, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich; ATCC, American Type Culture Collection; TS, type strain. We did not have any representative human or other strains to test for fermentation products from (medically relevant species) C. lipophiloflavum, C. sanguinis, or C. singulare, from (species relevant to animals) C. auriscanis (dogs), C. camporealensis (sheep), C. mastitidis (sheep), C. phocae (seals), C. cystitidis, or C. pilosum (bovines), or from (environmentally derived species) C. acetoacidophilum, C. ammoniagenes, C. callunae, C. flavescens, C. glutamicum, C. terpenotabidum, C. variabile, or C. vitarumen.
No propionic acid was detected for an isolate identified here as CDC group F-1. In contrast, three strains of CDC group F reported by Estrangin et al. were found to produce propionic acid (7). As previously reviewed CDC group F-2 isolates lacking mycolates and identifiable as C. amycolatum should produce propionic acid (13), and so that taxon may have been represented in the Estrangin study.