Corynebacterium pilosum

**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 urease positive, oxidase and indole negative, reduces nitrate and nitrite, hydrolyzes hippurate and starch, but not gelatin or casein, and does not produce hydrogen sulfide. C. pilosum causes urinary tract infection and pyelonephritis.

**Synonyms:** - CORYNEBACTERIUM PILOSUM