Corynebacterium mucifaciens

**Semantic type:** Bacterium

**Definition:** A species of aerobic, non-motile, non-spore forming, non-partially acid-fast, gram-positive, coryneform bacteria in the family Corynebacteriaceae. C. mucifaciens is catalase positive, nonfermenting, nitrate reduction negative, and urea and esculin hydrolysis negative; acid was produced from glucose but not from maltose, mannitol, and xylose. The species is nonlipophilic and negative for the CAMP reaction.

**Synonyms:** - CORYNEBACTERIUM MUCIFACIENS