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Case Reports
. 2004 Aug;42(8):3888-90.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.42.8.3888-3890.2004.

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

Jennifer M Davis  1 , Margaret J Whipp, Christopher Ashhurst-Smith, Jim C DeBoer, Margaret M Peel
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Mucoid nitrate-negative Moraxella nonliquefaciens from three patients with chronic lung disease

Jennifer M Davis et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Aug.

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.

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