Corynebacterium jeikeium
Species of bacterium
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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 |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetes |
| Order: | Mycobacteriales |
| Family: | Corynebacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Corynebacterium |
| Species: | C. jeikeium |
| Binomial name | |
| Corynebacterium jeikeium Jackman et al. 1988[1] | |
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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]
