Corynebacterium argentoratense

**Semantic type:** Bacterium

**Definition:** A species of aerobic or facultatively anaerobic, Gram-positive, coryneform, pleomorphic bacilli assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria. This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, catalase and pyrazinamidase positive, oxidase and urease negative, non-lipophilic, does not reduce nitrate, nor hydrolyze esculin, but does hydrolyze hippurate, and ferments glucose. C. argentoratense is commensal to the oropharyngeal region.

**Synonyms:** - CORYNEBACTERIUM ARGENTORATENSE