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The isolation of a strain ofBordetella for which the species could not be determined but which most closely resembledBordetella avium is reported. The strain was isolated in mixed culture from an ear swab of a patient suffering from chronic otitis media. The bacterium showed the typical biochemical reactions ofBordetella avium but differed in antimicrobial resistance pattern, protein and fatty acid composition, and DNA-DNA and DNA-rRNA hybridization. Further studies will clarify the taxonomic status of this strain within theBordetella-Alcaligenes ribosomal RNA cluster.
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Dorittke, C., Vandamme, P., Hinz, K.H. et al. Isolation of aBordetella avium—Like organism from a human specimen. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 14, 451–454 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02114904
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