Corynebacterium jeikeium

Corynebacterium jeikeium is a rod-shaped, catalase-positive, aerobic species of Actinomycetota in the genus Corynebacterium. C. jeikeium is pathogenic, typically causing an opportunistic infection seen most frequently in bone marrow transplant patients. C. jeikeium is a strictly aerobic organism and forms tiny grayish white colonies when grown on blood agar.^[2]

Corynebacterium jeikeium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetia
Order:	Mycobacteriales
Family:	Corynebacteriaceae
Genus:	Corynebacterium
Species:	C. jeikeium
Binomial name
Corynebacterium jeikeium Jackman et al. 1988[1]
Synonyms
Group JK Corynebacterium

C. jeikeium is usually susceptible to vancomycin and tetracycline. Resistance to macrolide antibiotics is often encountered.^[3]

It can be acquired in hospitals. Its genome has been sequenced.^[4]

References

1. Parte, A.C. "Corynebacterium". LPSN.
2. Funke, Guido; Bernard, KA (May 16, 2011). "Chapter 26: Coryneform Gram-Positive Rods". In Versalovic, James (ed.). Manual of Clinical Microbiology. ASM Press. p. 430. ISBN 978-1-55581-463-2.
3. Rosato AE, Lee BS, Nash KA (July 2001). "Inducible macrolide resistance in Corynebacterium jeikeium". Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 45 (7): 1982–9. doi:10.1128/AAC.45.7.1982-1989.2001. PMC 90589. PMID 11408212.
4. Tauch A, Kaiser O, Hain T, et al. (July 2005). "Complete genome sequence and analysis of the multiresistant nosocomial pathogen Corynebacterium jeikeium K411, a lipid-requiring bacterium of the human skin flora". Journal of Bacteriology. 187 (13): 4671–82. doi:10.1128/JB.187.13.4671-4682.2005. PMC 1151758. PMID 15968079.

External links

• Type strain of Corynebacterium jeikeium at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase