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Corynebacterium rubrum nov. spec. A gram-positive nonacid-fast bacterium of unusually high lipid content

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A new species of gram-positive, aerobic, nonacid-fast bacterium capable of producing large quantities of lipids has been described. Its morphologic and physiologic characteristics place it in the genusCorynebacterium, and the brilliant red color of its colonies has suggested for it the species namerubrum. The new species may be of particular interest to the immunologist, since it seems to have some of the adjuvant activities peculiar to acid-fast bacteria.

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  1. Division of Immunology, Webb Institute for Medical Research and Department of Microbiology, University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.

    Alfred J. Crowle

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This research was supported by National Science Foundation Grants G-4025 and G-13072.

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Crowle, A.J. Corynebacterium rubrum nov. spec. A gram-positive nonacid-fast bacterium of unusually high lipid content. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 28, 183–192 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02538733

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