title: [Distribution of species of Moraxella and moraxella-like organisms in the nasopharynx of healthy human adults (author's transl].
abstract: By means of a lincomycin containing selective medium, gram-negative, oxidase-positive, non-motile, non-saccharolytic, penicillin-sensitive rods have been isolated from 24 of 165 healthy adults (13,9%). Three strains were lost, 7 strains were Moraxella osloensis (4,2%), 12 strains were Neisseria elongata (7,3%) and 2 strains were considered to be a subspecies of N. elongata (1.2%). By agglutination and immunodiffusion could be demonstrated that N. elongata is a serologically heterogenous species. The nasopharynx seems to represent the natural habitat of M. osloensis and N. elongata.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D003470:Culture Media; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008034:Lincomycin; D008297:Male; D009016:Moraxella / Q000145:classification* / Q000276:immunology; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000382:microbiology*; D009343:Neisseria / Q000145:classification* / Q000276:immunology; D012703:Serotyping
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D003470:Culture Media; D008034:Lincomycin
vernacular_title: Uber die Artenverteilung von Moraxella und moraxella-ähnlichen Keimen im Nasopharynx gesunder Erwachsener