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SUBMITTER: Davis JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC497607 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Davis Jennifer M JM Whipp Margaret J MJ Ashhurst-Smith Christopher C DeBoer Jim C JC Peel Margaret M MM
Journal of clinical microbiology 20040801 8
Mucoid strains of Moraxella nonliquefaciens were recovered from the sputa of three indigenous Australians with chronic lung disease. These atypical strains failed to reduce nitrate, and one strain produced beta-lactamase. While the mucoid phenotype of M. nonliquefaciens has rarely been reported, the mucoid nitrate-negative biovar has never been previously reported. ...[more]