LP16683-2
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
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Descriptions
Corynebacterium diphtheriae is a pathogenic bacterium that causes diphtheria. It is also known as the Klebs-Loeffler bacillus, because it was discovered in 1884 by German bacteriologists Edwin Klebs (1834-1912) and Friedrich Loeffler (1852-1915). C. diphtheriae is a facultative anaerobic Gram positive organism. It is non-encapsulated, does not sporulate, is immobile, and appears as straight or aggregated curved rods with a length of 1 to 8 µm and width of 0.3 to 0.8 µm. Many strains of C. diphtheriae produce an exotoxin (molecular weight of 62 KD). The exotoxin ADP-ribosylates host EF-2 is responsible for the symptoms of diphtheria. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Corynebacterium diphtheriae (Wikipedia)
A species of gram-positive, asporogenous bacteria subdivided in 3 types: gravis, intermedius, and mitis, names originally assigned according to the clinical severity of the disease that they trigger. This species causes diptheria. Source: National Library of Medicine, MeSH 2006
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- Part Display Name
- Corynebacterium diphtheriae
- Part Type
- Component (Describes the core component or analyte measured)
- Created On
- 2000-05-04
- Construct for LOINC Short Name
- C diphtheriae
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| Tag | Language | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| zh-CN | Chinese (China) | 白喉棒状杆菌 Synonyms: 白喉 |
| fr-CA | French (Canada) | Corynebacterium diphtheriae |
| et-EE | Estonian (Estonia) | Corynebacterium diphtheriae |
| es-ES | Spanish (Spain) | Corynebacterium diftheriae |
| it-IT | Italian (Italy) | Corynebacterium diphtheriae |
| tr-TR | Turkish (Turkey) | Corynebacterium diphtheriae |
| ru-RU | Russian (Russian Federation) | Corynebacterium diphtheriae |
| nl-NL | Dutch (Netherlands) | Corynebacterium diphtheriae |
| fr-BE | French (Belgium) | Corynebacterium diphtheriae |
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