New Moraxella strain isolated from angular conjunctivitis.

Applied microbiology ·Vol. 20 ·No. 3 ·1970-09-00 ·Pages 405-8

van Bijsterveld OP

Abstract

A new Moraxella strain was isolated from angular conjunctivitis. It is characterized by the ability to produce acid from several carbohydrates, by its ability to produce indole, and by a lack of catalase activity.

MeSH Terms

Bacteriological Techniques Carbohydrate Metabolism Catalase/metabolism Centrifugation, Density Gradient Conjunctivitis/microbiology DNA, Bacterial/metabolism Fructose/metabolism Gelatin/metabolism Glycerol/metabolism Hemolysis Humans Indoles/metabolism Moraxella/classification,isolation & purification,metabolism Sucrose/metabolism

Chemicals

DNA, Bacterial Indoles Fructose Sucrose Gelatin Catalase Glycerol

Authors & Affiliations

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van Bijsterveld O P

References (5)

5 references, click to expand

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Article Info

Journal

Applied microbiology

Abbr.

Appl Microbiol

ISSN

0003-6919

DOI

10.1128/am.20.3.405-408.1970

Published

1970-09-00

Pages

405-8

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7605802

PMCID

PMC376948

Subset

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/am.20.3.405-408.1970 PMC Full Text

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