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Volume 20, Number 3—March 2014
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Nontoxigenic tox-bearing Corynebacterium ulcerans Infection among Game Animals, Germany

Tobias EisenbergComments to Author , Peter Kutzer, Martin Peters, Andreas Sing, Matthias Contzen, and Jörg Rau
Author affiliations: Landesbetrieb Hessisches Landeslabor, Gießen, Germany (T. Eisenberg); Landeslabor Berlin-Brandenburg, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany (P. Kutzer); Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt Westfalen, Standort Arnsberg, Germany (M. Peters); Bayerisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit, Oberschleißheim, Germany (A. Sing); Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt Stuttgart, Fellbach, Germany (M. Contzen, J. Rau)

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Table 2

Variable biochemical characteristics of API Coryne and VITEK2-compact profiles(bioMérieux, Nürtingen, Germany) of 13 Corynebacterium ulcerans field strains from game animals, Germany*

Isolate ID Ability of isolate to metabolize carbohydrate
API Coryne profile (interpretation/% ID) VITEK2 CBC profile (interpretation/%) VITEK2 ANC profile (interpretation)†
Maltose Mannitol Sucrose Trehalose Xylose
Bu125/97 + 0 011 324 (Cps/99.5) 01030140402010 (Cps/96) 2123020000405 (Cul, Cje)
CVUAS 4292 + + + + 0 041 725 (invalid) 01030140406010 (Cps, Cdi/ -) 2123020000405 (Cul, Cje)
CVUAS 5160 + + + 0 001 304 (Cps/97.5) 01030140402010 (Cps/ 96) 2123020000405 (Cul, Cje/)
CVUAS 6455 + + + 5 153 325 (invalid) 01030140402010 (Cps/ 96) 2123020000405 (Cul, Cje)
10–7-D-00025 + 0 011 324 (Cps/99.5) 01030140402010 (Cps/ 96) 2123020000405 (Cul, Cje)
11USF28 + + + 0 011 324 (Cps/99.5) 01030140402010 (Cps/ 96) 2123020000405 (Cul, Cje)
11USF53 + 0 011 324 (Cps/99.5) 01030140402010 (Cps/ 96) 2123020000405 (Cul, Cje)
11USF78 + 0 011 324 (Cps/99.5) 01030140402010 (Cps 96) 2123020000405 (Cdi, Cje)
11USF79 + + 0 011 324 (Cps/99.5) 01030140402010 (Cps/ 96) 2123020000405 (Cul, Cje)
121017479 0 011 324 (Cps/99.5) 01430140402010 (Cps/ 92) 2123020000405 (Cul, Cje)
S1627/5/12 + 0 001 324 (Cps/99.9) 01030140402010 (Cps/ 96) 2123020000405 (Cul, Cje)
S28/3/13 + (weak) + 0 111 324 (Cps/92.7, Cul/7.2) 01020140402010 (Cps, Cma/ -) 2123020000405 (Cul, Cje)
131000349 + (weak) + 0 011 324 (Cps/99.5) 01030140402010 (Cps/ 96) 2123020000405 (Cul, Cje)

*% ID, probability of identification according to the evaluation by the manufacturer; CBC, coryneform bacteria; ANC, Corynebacterium and anaerobes; Cps, C. pseudotuberculosis; Cul, C. ulcerans; Cdi, C. diphtheriae; Cje, C. jeikeium; Cma, C. macginleyi.
†Probability of identification was not provided by the manufacturer for cases in which test results identified 2 organisms.

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