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Klebsiella edwardsii var. atlantae

Klebsiella edwardsii var. atlantae

Catalogue No.

NCTC 9496

Current Name

Klebsiella edwardsii var. atlantae

Type Strain

Reference Strain

Original Strain Reference

4610-53

Culture Conditions

Growth Conditions on Solid Media

Nutrient agar, 37°C, Facultative Anaerobe

Biological and Genomic Info

Susceptibility

Potassium cyanide: +

Fermentation

Galactitol: -

Variety

variety atlantae

Gram Stain Result

Negative

Enzyme Tests

Catalase: +

Cytochrome C oxidase: -

Lysine decarboxylase: +

Strain Data

(ATCC 13887) P. R. Edwards, CDC Atlanta in 1954 / Bronchial washings / Klebsiella sp. Friedlander type I / Capsular serotype 1 / Cowan, S. T. et al. (1960) J. gen. Microbiol. 23, 601

Colony Appearance

Smooth, Shiny

Additional Info

Accession Date

01/01/1954

Depositor

EDWARDS P R

Isolated From

human, from bronchial washings

History

RECEIVED FROM EDWARDS P R CDC ATLANTA

Previous Catalogue Name

Klebsiella edwardsii var. atlantae

Applications

Bibliography

COWAN S T ET AL 1960 J GEN MICROBIOL 23 601

Extended Bibliography

Bootsma, H.J. van der Heide, H.G. van de Pas, S. Schouls, L.M. Mooi, F.R., (2000), Analysis of Moraxella catarrhalis by DNA typing: evidence for a distinct subpopulation associated with virulence traits, J Infect Dis, 1376-87, 2000 Dauga, C., (2002), Evolution of the gyrB gene and the molecular phylogeny of Enterobacteriaceae: a model molecule for molecular systematic studies, Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, 531-47, 2002 Bodetti, T.J. Jacobson, E. Wan, C. Hafner, L. Pospischil, A. Rose, K. Timms, P., (2002), Molecular evidence to support the expansion of the hostrange of Chlamydophila pneumoniae to include reptiles as well as humans, horses, koalas and amphibians, Syst Appl Microbiol, 146-52, 2002 Bootsma, H.J. van der Heide, H.G. van de Pas, S. Schouls, L.M. Mooi, F.R., (2000), Analysis of Moraxella catarrhalis by DNA typing: evidence for a distinct subpopulation associated with virulence traits, J Infect Dis, 1376-87, 2000 Cowan, S.T. Steel, K.J. Shaw, C., (1960), A classification of the Klebsiella group, J. Gen. Microbiol., 601-612

Available Formats

  • Ampoule (Bacteria)

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