Pascual C, Lawson P A, Farrow J A, Gimenez M N, Collins M D
Institute of Food Research, Reading Laboratory, United Kingdom.
Int J Syst Bacteriol. 1995 Oct;45(4):724-8. doi: 10.1099/00207713-45-4-724.
The 16S rRNA gene sequences of 30 strains representing 23 validated Corynebacterium species and 7 currently non-valid Corynebacterium species were determined. These sequences were aligned with the sequences of other Corynebacterium species and related actinomycete taxa. A comparative sequence analysis revealed that there is considerable phylogenetic depth and internal structure in the genus Corynebacterium. Turicella otitidis and the amycolate species Corynebacterium amycolatum were located at the periphery of the genus Corynebacterium. It was evident that the species of the genus Corynebacterium form a monophyletic association and, together with other chemotype IV and mycolic acid-containing taxa (including the genera Dietzia, Gordona, Mycobacterium, Nocardia, Rhodococcus, and Tsukamurella), form a natural suprageneric group.
测定了代表23个已确认棒状杆菌属物种和7个当前未确认棒状杆菌属物种的30个菌株的16S rRNA基因序列。这些序列与其他棒状杆菌属物种及相关放线菌分类单元的序列进行了比对。比较序列分析表明，棒状杆菌属存在相当大的系统发育深度和内部结构。耳炎图里西拉菌和无分支菌酸的类白喉棒状杆菌位于棒状杆菌属的边缘。显然，棒状杆菌属的物种形成一个单系群，并与其他化学型IV和含分枝菌酸的分类单元（包括迪茨氏菌属、戈登氏菌属、分枝杆菌属、诺卡氏菌属、红球菌属和冢村氏菌属）一起，形成一个自然的超属类群。
