Prevalence of Moraxella Catarrhalis as a Nasal Flora among Healthy Kindergarten Children in Bhaktapur, Nepal

Table 1

Biochemical properties of isolated bacteria.

Biochemical Tests	Bacteria
	M. catarrhalis	S. aureus	S. pneumoniae	H. influenzae
Catalase	+	+	-	+
Oxidase	+	-	-	ND
Lactose fermentation	-	+	ND	-
Nitrate reduction	+	+	ND	+
DNase	+	+	ND	ND
Mannitol fermentation	ND	+	ND	ND
Coagulase	ND	+	ND	ND
DNase	+	+	ND	ND
Nitrate reduction	+	+	ND	+
α- hemolysis	ND	ND	+	ND
Optochin (5µg) sensitivity	ND	ND	+	ND
Bile solubility	ND	ND	+	ND
Inulin fementation	ND	ND	+	ND
X (haemin) + V (NAD) factor requirement	ND	ND	ND	+
Satellitism test	ND	ND	ND	+

Note: + = positive; - = negative; ND = not done.