| corynebacterium frankenforstense sp. nov. and corynebacterium lactis sp. nov., isolated from raw cow milk. | two groups of gram-stain positive, aerobic bacterial strains were isolated from raw cow's milk, from a milking machine and from bulk tank milk. based on their 16s rrna gene sequences these isolates formed two distinct groups within the genus corynebacterium. the sequence similarities of the isolates to the type strains of species of the genus corynebacterium were below 98.4%. the presence of menaquinones mk-8(h2) and mk-9(h2), the predominant fatty acid 18:1 cis 9 and a polar lipid pattern with ... | 2013 | 23907219 |