Mucoid nitrate-negative Moraxella nonliquefaciens from three patients with chronic lung disease.
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.
Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3010. davisjm@unimelb.edu.au
Jennifer M
JM
Davis
Margaret J
MJ
Whipp
Christopher
C
Ashhurst-Smith
Jim C
JC
DeBoer
Margaret M
MM
Peel
D000293:Adolescent; D001315:Australia; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009016:Moraxella / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D045828:Moraxellaceae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009566:Nitrates / Q000032:analysis
D009566:Nitrates