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SUBMITTER: Yasawong M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3035375 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Standards in genomic sciences 20100928 2
Arcanobacterium haemolyticum (ex MacLean et al. 1946) Collins et al. 1983 is the type species of the genus Arcanobacterium, which belongs to the family Actinomycetaceae. The strain is of interest because it is an obligate parasite of the pharynx of humans and farm animal; occasionally, it causes pharyngeal or skin lesions. It is a Gram-positive, nonmotile and non-sporulating bacterium. The strain described in this study was isolated from infections amongst American soldiers of certain islands of ...[more]