Corynebacterium matruchotii

**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 positive, reduces nitrate, does not produce hydrogen sulfide, non-lipophilic, and is indole negative. C. matruchotii is present in human dental plaques.

**Synonyms:** - Bacterionema matruchotii - Bacterionema matruchotii - CORYNEBACTERIUM MATRUCHOTII