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Moraxella lacunata

Moraxella lacunata

Catalogue No.

NCTC 7911

Current Name

Moraxella lacunata

Type Strain

Reference Strain

Original Strain Reference

ATCC 17952

Culture Conditions

Growth Conditions on Solid Media

Columbia blood agar, 24-48 hours, 37°C, O₂

Biological and Genomic Info

Fermentation

Salicin: -

Sucrose: -

Gram Stain Result

Negative

Reduction

Nitrous acid: -

Enzyme Tests

Catalase: +

Ornithine decarboxylase: -

Strain Data

B. Wheatley, Leeds in 1949 / Bacterium duplex var. liquefaciens

Colony Appearance

Smooth, Shiny

Additional Info

Accession Date

01/01/1949

Depositor

WHEATLEY B

Isolated From

human, childs eye with conjunctivitis

Previous Catalogue Name

Moraxella liquefaciens

Applications

Extended Bibliography

SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors), (1980), Approved Lists of Bacterial Names., Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 225-420, http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225 1 EYRE (J.W.), (1900), A clinical and bacteriological study of diplo-bacillary conjunctivitis. Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology, 1900, 6, 1-13. 2 LWOFF (A.): Révision et démembrement des Hemophilae, le genre Moraxella nov. gen. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris), 1939, 62, 168-176., 41275 Révision et démembrement des Hemophilae, le genre Moraxella nov. gen. Proposal of a neotype strain for Moraxella lacunata, http://10.1099/00207713-19-3-263

Available Formats

  • Ampoule (Bacteria)

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