[Serology of Coryne-bacterium diphtheriae and its epidemiological use. Further investigations].
1961
H KAWECKA-DUROS, and
C STANKIEWICZ
UI
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D003353
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
A species of gram-positive, asporogenous bacteria in which three cultural types are recognized. These types (gravis, intermedius, and mitis) were originally given in accordance with the clinical severity of the cases from which the different strains were most frequently isolated. This species is the causative agent of DIPHTHERIA.