TABLE 1.
M. catarrhalis strains and related species analyzed in this study
| M. catarrhalis strain or related species | Geographic origin | No. of strains isolated from:
|
Total no. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasopharynx | Sputum | Blood | |||
| M. catarrhalis | |||||
| Clinical isolates | Australiaa | 6 | 6 | ||
| Belgiuma | 6 | 6 | |||
| Denmarka | 9 | 6 | 15 | ||
| Finlandb | 2 | 2 | |||
| Hollanda | 6 | 6 | |||
| Hungaryb | 10 | 10 | |||
| Japana | 6 | 6 | |||
| Spaina | 3 | 3 | |||
| Swedenc | 24 | 24 | |||
| UKa,d | 6 | 6 | |||
| Type strains | USa,e | 7 | 7 | ||
| ATCC 8176 | 1 | ||||
| ATCC 8193 | 1 | ||||
| CCUG 11766 | 1 | ||||
| CCUG 353T | 1 | ||||
| CCUG 3292 | 1 | ||||
| CCUG 8539 | 1 | ||||
| NCTC 4103 | 1 | ||||
| Total no. | 36 | 49 | 6 | 98 | |
| Related species | |||||
| Acinetobacter baumannii (ATCC 9955) | |||||
| A. baumannii (ATCC 9956) | |||||
| Moraxella bovis (ATCC 10900T) | |||||
| M. caviae (CCUG 354T) | |||||
| M. cuniculi (CCUG 2496) | |||||
| Moraxella nonliquefaciens (28010/89)c | |||||
| Moraxella osloensis (969165)c | |||||
| M. osloensis (ATCC 10973) | |||||
| M. osloensis (ATCC 12429) | |||||
| M. ovis (CCUG 355T) | |||||
| Moraxella phenylpyruvica (23716/81)c | |||||
| N. gonorrheae (18143)c | |||||
| N. meningitidis serotype Ac | |||||
| N. meningitidis serotype Bc | |||||
| N. meningitidis serotype Cc | |||||
| Neisseria mucosa (10774)c | |||||
| Neisseria pharyngisc | |||||
| Neisseria siccac | |||||
| Neisseria subflava (26509/77)c | |||||
| Oligella ureolytica (99585/92)c | |||||
| O. ureolytica (965072)c | |||||
a
Strains described in detail in reference 12.
b
Clinical isolates from Finland and Hungary were supplied by M. Lönnrot (Department of Clinical Microbiology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere) and E. Nagy (Department of Clinical Microbiology, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical University, Szeged) respectively.
c
Isolated at Department of Medical Microbiology, Malmö, Sweden.
d
UK, United Kingdom.
e
US, United States.