Corynebacterium minutissimum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
Class: | Actinomycetia |
Order: | Mycobacteriales |
Family: | Corynebacteriaceae |
Genus: | Corynebacterium |
Species: | C. minutissimum
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Binomial name | |
Corynebacterium minutissimum (ex Sarkany et al. 1962) Collins and Jones 1983
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Corynebacterium minutissimum is a species of Corynebacterium associated with erythrasma,[1] a type of skin rash. It can be distinguished from similar-appearing rashes by exposing the area to the light of a Wood's lamp; C. minutissimum produces porphyrins that fluoresce coral-red.[2]