Mucoid nitrate-negative Moraxella nonliquefaciens from three patients with chronic lung disease.

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Davis JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC497607 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature