Rank Species Higher classification Corynebacterium | Family Corynebacteriaceae Scientific name Corynebacterium renale Phylum Actinobacteria Order Actinomycetales | |
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Similar Bacteria, Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, Corynebacterium bovis, Corynebacterium striatum, Corynebacterium ulcerans | ||
Corynebacterium renale is a pathogenic bacterium that causes cystitis and pyelonephritis in cattle.
C. renale is a facultatively anaerobic Gram-positive organism, characterized by nonencapsulated, nonsporulated, immobile, straight or curved rods with a length of 1 to 8 µm and width of 0.3 to 0.8 µm, which forms ramified aggregations in culture (looking like "Chinese characters").
The bacterium is sensitive to the majority of antibiotics, such as the penicillins, ampicillin, cephalosporins, quinolones, chloramphenicol, tetracyclines, cefuroxime, and trimethoprim.
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