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Talk about the corynebacterium diphtheriae.

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They are non-pathogenic usually, G+, non-motile and non-sporulated, they may release some toxins encoded by diphtheriatoxin which is due to a viral injection of DNA material (bacteriophages) mainly cause pharyngitis (respiratory tract) Appear as chinese letter (acute angle) appearance


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