title: Isolation of Lautropia mirabilis from sputa of a cystic fibrosis patient.
abstract: An aggregate-forming coccus, isolated twice as the predominant microorganism in sputa from a cystic fibrosis patient on consecutive days, was shown to belong to the species Lautropia mirabilis on the bases of similarities of 16S rRNA gene sequences and phenotype. These isolates of L. mirabilis appear to be the first reported from a patient with cystic fibrosis and outside of Denmark.
authors.affiliation: Australian Collection of Microorganisms, Department of Microbiology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Ben Dekhil
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Peel
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Lennox
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stackebrandt
authors.forename: L I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Sly
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D016964:Gram-Negative Anaerobic Cocci / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology*