| isolation of corynebacterium falsenii and description of corynebacterium aquilae sp. nov., from eagles. | biochemical, molecular chemical and molecular genetic studies were performed on seven unidentified gram-positive, rod-shaped organisms recovered from eagles. the strains were provisionally identified as corynebacterium jeikeium with the commercial api coryne system, but they were able to grow under anaerobic conditions and were non-lipophilic. comparative 16s rrna gene sequencing studies demonstrated that the isolates belonged phylogenetically to the genus corynebacterium. three strains were ide ... | 2003 | 12892140 |