Method for culturing Candidatus Ornithobacterium hominis.

Method for culturing Candidatus Ornithobacterium hominis.

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Peer-reviewed

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https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/326144

Repository DOI

https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.73601

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Authors

Lawrence, Katrina A

Harris, Tegan M

Salter, Susannah J

Smith-Vaughan, Heidi C

Abstract

Candidatus Ornithobacterium hominis has been detected in nasopharyngeal microbiota sequence data from around the world. This report provides the first description of culture conditions for isolating this bacterium. The availability of an easily reproducible culture method is expected to facilitate deeper understanding of the clinical significance of this species.

Keywords

Candidatus Ornithobacterium hominis, Culture, Nasopharyngeal, Colony Count, Microbial, Female, Flavobacteriaceae Infections, Humans, Infant, Male, Nasopharynx, Ornithobacterium, Phylogeny

Journal Title

J Microbiol Methods

Journal ISSN

0167-7012
1872-8359

Volume Title

159

Publisher

Elsevier

Publisher DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2019.03.006

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