01325nas a2200277   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260007000043653001700113653001000130653000900140653001300149653002100162100001200183700002200195700001400217700001300231700001100244700002300255245009200278250000800370300001200378490000800390520063400398022001501032       2015                            d  c05/2015bSchlütersche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KGaHannover10aMALDI-TOF MS10aFT-IR10arpoB10a16S rRNA10adiphtheria toxin1 aR Sting1 aS Ketterer-Pintur1 aM Contzen1 aN Mauder1 aA Sing1 aC Süß-Dombrowski00aToxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans isolated from a free-roaming red fox (Vulpes vulpes)  a5/6  a204-2080 v1283 aCorynebacterium (C.) ulcerans could be isolated from the spleen of a red fox (Vulpes vulpes) that had been found dead in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Pathohistological examination suggested that the fox had died of distemper, as was confirmed by PCR. The isolate was identified biochemically, by MALDI-TOF MS, FT-IR and by partial 16S rRNA, rpoB and tox gene sequencing. Using the Elek test the C. ulcerans isolate demonstrated diphtheria toxin production. FT-IR and sequencing data obtained from the C. ulcerans isolate from the red fox showed higher similarity to isolates from humans than to those from wild game.  a0005-9366