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Neisseria mucosa

Neisseria mucosa

Catalogue No.

NCTC 10774

Current Name

Neisseria mucosa

Type Strain

Reference Strain

Original Strain Reference

M26

Culture Conditions

Growth Conditions on Solid Media

Blood agar, 37°C, Facultative Anaerobe

Biological and Genomic Info

Serogroup/Serotype

var. mucosa

Variety

variety mucosa

Gram Stain Result

Negative

Reduction

Nitric acid: +

Enzyme Tests

Catalase: +

Cytochrome C oxidase: +

Ornithine decarboxylase: -

Strain Data

(ATCC 25996) U. Berger, Heidelberg, Germany in 1971 / Human pharyngeal mucosa / Berger, U. (1971) Z. med. Mikrobiol. Immun. 156, 154

Colony Appearance

Smooth, Shiny

Additional Info

Accession Date

01/01/1971

Depositor

BERGER U

Isolated From

human, pharyngeal mucosa

History

ISOLATED BY BERGER U & MIERSCH M, HYGIENE INST, HEIDELBERG PRE:FR

Previous Catalogue Name

Neisseria mucosa

Applications

Bibliography

BERGER U 1971 Z MED MIKROBIOL IMMU 156 154

Extended Bibliography

Skerman, V.B.D. McGowan, V. Sneath, P.H.A.(ed), (1980), Approved Lists of Bacterial Names., Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 225-420 Roberts, R.J., (1985), Restriction and modification enzymes and their recognition sequences., Nucl. Acids Res., r165-r200 Berger, U., (1971), Z. Med. Mikrobiol. Immun., 154 Rossau, R. Vandenbussche, G. Thielemans, S. Segers, P. Grosch, H. Göthe, E. Mannheim, W. DeLey, J., (1989), Ribosomal ribonucleic acid cistron similarities and deoxyribonucleic acid homologies of Neisseria, Kingella, Eikenella, Simonsiella, Alysiella, and Centers for Disease Control groups EF-4 and M-5 in the emended family Neisseriaceae., Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 185-198

Available Formats

  • Ampoule (Bacteria)

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