<unk>  is a relatively slow growing, (typically) aerotolerant anaerobic gram positive bacterium that is linked to the skin condition<unk>  it can also cause chronic blepharitis and endophthalmitis, the latter<unk> rticularly following intraocular surgery. The genome of the bacterium has been sequenced and a study of the bacterial genome has shown several genes that can generate enzymes for degrading skin and proteins that may be immunogenic (activate the immune system).
This bacteria is largely commensal and thus present on most people's skin; and lives on fatty acids in the sebaceous glands on sebum secreted by pores. It may also be found throughout the gastrointestinal tract in humans and many other animals. It is named after its ability to generate propionic acid.
Propionibacterium acnes
Mycobacterium ulcerans
Mycobacterium celatum
Trichophyton tonsurans
Mycobacterium xenopi
Mycobacterium abscessus
Mycobacterium leprae
Mycobacterium mucogenicum