Corynebacterium urealyticum

**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, oxidase negative, pyrazinamidase positive, does not reduce nitrate, lipophilic, does not hydrolyze esculin or gelatin, and does not ferment glucose, maltose, or sucrose. C. urealyticum is commensal to the human skin and is known to cause urinary tract infections, kidney stones and pneumonia.

**Synonyms:** - CDC Coryneform Group D-2 - CDC Group D2 - CORYNEBACTERIUM UREALYTICUM - Corynebacterium Group D-2