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Moraxella (branhamella) ovis

Moraxella (branhamella) ovis

Catalogue No.

NCTC 11227

Current Name

Moraxella (branhamella) ovis

Type Strain

Type Strain

Original Strain Reference

199/55

Culture Conditions

Growth Conditions on Solid Media

Chocolate blood agar, 48 hours, 37°C, O₂

Biological and Genomic Info

Fermentation

Glucose: -

Mannitol: -

Gram Stain Result

Negative

Enzyme Tests

Cytochrome C oxidase: +

Phenylalanone aminotransferase: -

Strain Data

(ATCC 33078) Type strain / K. Bovre, Oslo, Norway in 1978 / Ovine infectious Keratoconjunctivitis, in 1955 / Neisseria ovis / Bovre, K. (1965) Acta path. microbial. Scand. 64, 229; (1967) 69, 92, 123 / Bovre, K. et al. (1969) Canad. J. Microbiol. 15, 335 / Jantzen, E. et al. (1974) Acta path. microbiol. Scand. sect. B 82, 767 / Bryn, K. et al. (1977) J. gen. Microbiol. 102, 33

Colony Appearance

Smooth, Shiny

Additional Info

Accession Date

01/01/1978

Depositor

BOVRE K

Isolated From

mammal, ovine infectious keratonconjuctivitis

Previous Catalogue Name

Moraxella ovis

Applications

Bibliography

BOVRE K ET AL 1969 CANAD J MICROBIOL 15 335; JANTZEN E ET AL 1974 ACTA

Extended Bibliography

Approved Lists of Bacterial Names, http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bacname A Neisseria species associated with infectious keratoconjunctivitis of sheep, Neisseria ovis nov. spec. The taxonomy of the genera Moraxella and Neisseria, http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00221287-51-3-387

Available Formats

  • Ampoule (Bacteria)

If use of this culture results in a scientific publication, it should be cited in the publication as: Moraxella (branhamella) ovis (NCTC 11227)

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