Aggregatibacter aphrophilus (Khairat 1940) Nørskov-Lauritsen and Kilian 2006 (ATCC® 19415™)

Strain Designations: NCTC 5886  /  Type Strain: no  /  Biosafety Level: 1

Deposited As Haemophilus aphrophilus Khairat
Strain Designations NCTC 5886
Application
Produces restriction endonuclease HapI
Produces restriction endonuclease HapII
Isolation
Fatal endocarditis, London, England
Type Strain no
Biosafety Level 1
Product Format freeze-dried
Type Strain no
Comments
No longer requires X factor for growth
Referred to as the type strain of Haemophilus aphrophilus
One of four strains isolated from the same patient which were morphologically and biochemically alike.
Medium ATCC® Medium 814: GC Agar/Broth Medium
Growth Conditions
Temperature: 37.0°C
Atmosphere: 5% CO2
Name of Depositor NCTC
Chain of Custody
ATCC <<--NCTC<<--O. Khairat PM 1
Isolation
Fatal endocarditis, London, England
References

Sneath PH, Skerman VB. A list of type and reference strains of bacteria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 16: 1-134, 1966.

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J. Pathol. Bacteriol. 50: 497-505, 1940.

Nat. New Biol. 246: 138-140, 1973.

Roberts RJ. Restriction and modification enzymes and their recognition sequences. Nucleic Acids Res. 13: r165-r200, 1985. PubMed: 2987885

Nørskov-Lauritsen N, Kilian M. Reclassification of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, Haemophilus aphrophilus, Haemophilus paraphrophilus and Haemophilus segnis as Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans gen. nov., comb. nov., Aggregatibacter aphrophilus comb. nov. and Aggregatibacter segnis comb. nov., and emended description of Aggregatibacter aphrophilus to include V factor-dependent and V factor-independent isolates. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 56(Pt 9): 2135-2146, 2006. PubMed: 16957111