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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2004, p. 3888-3890, Vol. 42, No. 8
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.8.3888-3890.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Mucoid Nitrate-Negative Moraxella nonliquefaciens from Three Patients with Chronic Lung Disease

Jennifer M. Davis,1* Margaret J. Whipp,1 Christopher Ashhurst-Smith,2,{dagger} Jim C. DeBoer,3 and Margaret M. Peel1

Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010,1 Department of Clinical Microbiology, Townsville General Hospital, Townsville, Queensland 4810,2 Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory 0811, Australia3

Received 26 February 2004/ Returned for modification 2 April 2004/ Accepted 5 May 2004

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 ß-lactamase. While the mucoid phenotype of M. nonliquefaciens has rarely been reported, the mucoid nitrate-negative biovar has never been previously reported.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3010. Phone: 61 3 8344 5713. Fax: 61 3 8344 7833. E-mail: davisjm{at}unimelb.edu.au.

{dagger} Present address: Hunter Area Pathology Services, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales 2305, Australia.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2004, p. 3888-3890, Vol. 42, No. 8
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.8.3888-3890.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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