A multiple antibiotic and serum resistant oligotrophic strain, Klebsiella pneumoniae MB45 having novel dfrA30, is sensitive to ZnO QDs

Table 1 Differential biochemical properties of K. pneumonia e MB45 from other Klebsiella species

*Characteristics*	*MB45*	1	2	3
Gas from Lactose at 44 ± 1°C	-	+	+	+
Methyl red	-	-	+	+
Voges Proskauer	+	+	-	-
Urease	-	+	-	-
ONPG#	+	+	-	+
Malonate utilization	+	+	+	-
Lysine decarboxylate	+	+	-	d
Ornithine decarboxylase	+	-	-	-

Strains: MB45; 1, K. pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae; 2, K. pneumoniae subsp. rhinoscleromatis; 3, K. pneumoniae subsp. ozaenae
Abbreviations: +, positive; -, negative; d, 11-89% positive; #, o-nitrophenyl-β-D-galactopyranoside
Data from this study and previous studies [4, 69, 70]

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