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. 2011 Mar;49(3):1101-3.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.02204-10. Epub 2010 Dec 29.

Reassessment of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia phenotype

Lisa A Carmody  1 , Theodore Spilker, John J LiPuma
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Reassessment of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia phenotype

Lisa A Carmody et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Mar.

Abstract

Standard microbiology references describe Stenotrophomonas maltophilia as oxidase negative and variable with respect to utilization of lactose and sucrose. Analysis of a collection of 766 S. maltophilia isolates indicated that approximately 20% are oxidase positive and that this species should be reevaluated for other phenotypes, including oxidative fermentation of lactose and sucrose.

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