Table 1.

Differential properties of strain DM-R-R2A-13^T and its closely related species of the genus Massilia.

Characteristics	1	2	3	4
Isolation source	Cannabis sativa	Soila	Desert soilb	Blood of an immunocompromised patientc
Motility	Motile	ND	Motileb	Motilec
Colony color	Light pink	Yellowa	Apricotb	Strawc
Oxidase/catalase activity	+/+	+/+a	−/+b	+/+c
Enzyme activity (API ZYM)
crystine arylamidase	+	+	−	+
Trypsin	−	−	−	−
α-chymotrypsin	w	−	−	w
α-galactosidase	−	+	+	−
β-galactosidase	+	+	−	−
α-glucosidase	+	+	+	−
β-glucosidase	+	−	−	+
Assimilation activity (API 20NE)
D-glucose	−	−	−	−
L-arabinose	+	−	−	+
N-acetyl-D-galactosamine	+	−	−	−
D-maltose	+	−	−	+
Potassium gluconate	−	−	−	w
Malic acid	w	−	−	+
Trisodium citrate	−	−	−	+
Antibiotic sensitivity
Kannamycin	+	+	+	+
Tetracyclin	+	+	+	+
Chloramphenicol	−	−	+	+
Nalidixic acid	+	−	+	+

Strains: 1, DM-R-R2A-13^T; 2, M. flava KCTC 23535^T; 3, M. armeniaca DSM 104676^T; 4, M. timonae DSM 16850^T;+, positive; –, negative; w, weakly positive; ND, no data available.

^aData from Wang et et al.¹², ^bData from Ren et al.¹⁰; ^cData from La Scola et al.¹.