Non-pathogenic members of the bacterial genus, Corynebacterium. Comprise part of the normal flora of humans and may be occasional opportunistic pathogens.
The genus of Gram positive bacilli including Corynebacterium diphtheriae, the cause of diphtheria in humans. Genus also includes C. minutissimum, the cause of erythrasma in humans and the diphtheroids which are commensal corynebacteria making up part of the human respiratory tract normal flora.... corynebacterium
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