Propionibacterium

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Propionibacterium

[pro″pe-on″ĭ-bak-te´re-um]

a genus of gram-positive, anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria, found as saprophytes in humans, animals, and dairy products. P. ac´nes (also known as Corynebacterium acnes) is a normal skin inhabitant and can cause chronic infections of the blood and bone marrow. P. granulo´sum (also known as Corynebacterium granulosum) causes abscesses.

Propionibacterium

(prō'pē-on'ē-bak-tē'rē-ŭm), Avoid the misspellings Propionobacterium and Proprionibacterium.

A genus of nonmotile, non-spore-forming, anaerobic to aerotolerant bacteria (family Propionibacteriaceae) containing gram-positive rods that are usually pleomorphic, diphtheroid, or club shaped, with one end rounded, the other tapered or pointed. Some cells may be coccoid, elongate, bifid, or even branched. The cells usually occur singly, in pairs, in V and Y configurations, short chains, or clumps in "Chinese character" arrangement. The metabolism of these organisms is fermentative, and the products of fermentation include combinations of propionic and acetic acids. These organisms occur in dairy products, on human skin, and in the intestinal tracts of humans and other animals. They may be pathogenic. The type species is Propionibacterium freudenreichii.

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Pro·pi·on·i·bac·te·ri·um

(prō'pē-on-i-bak-tēr'ē-ŭm)

A genus of nonmotile, non-spore-forming, anaerobic to aerotolerant bacteria containing gram-positive rods that are usually pleomorphic, diphtheroid, or club-shaped, with one end rounded, the other tapered or pointed. The cells usually occur singly, in pairs, in V and Y configurations, short chains, or clumps. These organisms occur in dairy products, on human skin, and in the intestinal tracts of humans and other animals. They may be pathogenic. The type species is P. freudenreichii.

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A Myrtus communis extract enriched in myrtucummulones and ursolic acid reduces resistance of Propionibacterium acnes biofilms to antibiotics used in acne vulgaris

The toxic riboflavin analogue roseoflavin was used to isolate natural riboflavin-over-producing variants of the food-grade microorganisms Lactococcus lactis (27), Lactobacillus plantarum, Leuconosctoc mesenteroides and Propionibacterium freudenreichii (28).

Recent application of lactic acid bacteria as source of industrially important compounds

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Staphylococcus epidermidis in the human skin midcrobiome mediates fermentation to inhibit the grown of Propionibacterium acnes: Implications of probiotics in acne vulgaris.

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It has been proposed that the hypopigmentation is caused by decreased melanin production and altered melanosome dispersal in reaction to Propionibacterium acnes.

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There was only one report of the cilia embedded in the lens which was complicated by a propionibacterium acnes lens abscess.

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Most patients had a restructuring of their Propionibacterium community, populated largely by the less-pathogenic strains found on normal skin.

Isotretinoin alters skin microbiome in acne patients

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