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Haemophilus influenzae

Haemophilus influenzae

Catalogue No.

NCTC 8467

Current Name

Haemophilus influenzae

Type Strain

Reference Strain

Original Strain Reference

641 Biotype I

Culture Conditions

Growth Conditions on Solid Media

Chocolate blood agar, 37°C, Facultative Anaerobe

Biological and Genomic Info

Susceptibility

Sulphadiazine: +

Serogroup/Serotype

Haemophilus influenzae type b

Gram Stain Result

Negative

Reduction

Nitric acid: +

Strain Data

(ATCC 9795, CN 6107) M. Pittman, NIH Maryland in 1951 / L. L. Loeffler / Cerebrospinal fluid, meningitis in 1944 / Pittman Type b / Resistant to sulphadiazine / Hewitt, W. L. & Pittman, M. (1946) Publ. Hlth. Rep., Wash. 61, 768

Colony Appearance

Smooth, Shiny

Additional Info

Accession Date

01/01/1951

Depositor

PITTMAN M

Isolated From

human, cerebrospinal fluid, meningitis in 1944

History

PITTMAN, NIH BETHESDA, USA-ISOLATED BY LOEFFLER L L

Previous Catalogue Name

Haemophilus influenzae

Applications

Bibliography

HEWITT W L & PITTMAN M 1946 PUBL HLTH REP WASH 61 768

Extended Bibliography

Sacchi, C.T. Alber, D. Dull, P. Mothershed, E.A. Whitney, A.M. Barnett, G.A. Popovic, T. Mayer, L.W., (2005), High level of sequence diversity in the 16S rRNA genes of Haemophilus influenzae isolates is useful for molecular subtyping, J Clin Microbiol, 3734-42, 2005 Coulton, J.W. Pang, J.C.S., (1983), Transport of hemin by Haemophilus influenza Type b., Curr. Microbiol., 93-97

Available Formats

  • Ampoule (Bacteria)

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