Table 1.
Phenotypical features and details of isolates investigated in this study.
| Sample ID | Accession number | Host | Isolation source | Location | Year of isolation | Gram | R/S | CO2 | H2S | Oxidase | Urease | A | M | T20 | T10 | F20 | F10 | Tb | Tb 104 | Wb | Iz | Species |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1-94 (94–74) | ACEK00000000 | Phocoena phocoena | NR | NR | NR | cb- | S | − | − | + | + | + | − | + (+) | + (+) | + (+) | + (+) | − | +w | +w | − | B. ceti |
| M644/93/1 (94–75) | ACBO00000000 | Delphinus delphis | NR | NR | NR | cb- | S | − | − | + | + | + | − | + (−) | + (−) | + (+) | + (+) | − | + | +w | + | B. ceti |
| B2-94 (94–73) | NC_015857.1, NC_015858.1 | Phoca vitulina | NR | NR | NR | cb- | S | + | − | + | + | + | − | + (−) | + (−) | + (−) | + (−) | − | + | +w | + | B. pinnipedialis |
| 97–7,763-2 | ERS16791920 | Tursiops truncatus | spleen | France | 1997 | cb- | S | − | − | + | + | + | − | + (+) | + (+) | + (+) | + (+) | − | +w | +w | − | B. ceti |
| 05–684-1145 R1F | ERS16791921 | Phocoena phocoena | kidney | France | 2005 | cb- | S | − | − | + | + | + | − | + (+) | + (+) | + (+) | + (+) | − | + w | + w | + | B. ceti |
| 05–684 | ERS16791922 | Phocoena phocoena | liver | France | 2005 | cb- | S | − | − | + | + | + | − | + (+) | + (+) | + (+) | + (+) | − | + w | + w | + | B. ceti |
| 05–684-1143 F1F | ERS16791923 | Phocoena phocoena | liver | France | 2005 | cb- | S | − | − | + | + | + | − | + (+) | + (+) | + (+) | + (+) | − | + w | + w | + | B. ceti |
| 05–684-1144 F2TM | ERS16791924 | Phocoena phocoena | liver | France | 2005 | cb- | S | − | − | + | + | + | − | + (+) | + (+) | + (+) | + (+) | − | + w | + w | + | B. ceti |
| 09–601-1272 | ERS16791925 | Tursiops truncatus | spleen | France | 2009 | cb- | S | − | + | + | + | + | − | + (−) | + (−) | + (−) | + (−) | − | + w | − | + w | B. ceti |
| 12-1944-A (4453) | ERS16791926 | Phocoena phocoena | NR | United Kingdom | 2012 | cb- | S | + | − | B. ceti | ||||||||||||
| 12-1944-B (6186) | ERS16791927 | Phocoena phocoena | NR | United Kingdom | 2012 | cb- | R | + | − | B. ceti | ||||||||||||
| 14–901 | ERS16791929 | Halichoerus grypus | NR | Finland | 2014 | n/a | B. ceti | |||||||||||||||
| 15–1,242-4197 | ERS16791930 | Halichoerus grypus | NR | Finland | 2015 | cb- | S | + | − | + | + | + | − | + (−) | + (−) | + (−) | + (−) | − | + | − | n/r | B. pinnipedialis |
| 15–1,242-4198 | ERS16791931 | Halichoerus grypus | NR | Finland | 2015 | cb- | S | + | − | + | + | + | − | + (−) | + (−) | + (−) | + (−) | − | + | − | + | B. pinnipedialis |
| 15–1717-6196 | ERS16791932 | Stenella coeruleoalba | blood | France | 2015 | cb - | R | + | − | + | + | + | − | + (−) | + (−) | + (−) | + (+) | − | + w | + | B. ceti | |
Cb- = coccobacillus gram negative; R = rough, S = smooth; T = Thionine, F = Fuchsin. blue = no growth. n/a = not available – received only DNA. NR = not reported data. Phocoena phocoena (harbor porpoise); Delphinus delphis (short-beaked dolphin); Phoca vitulina (harbor seal); Tursiops truncatus (bottlenose dolphin); Halichoerus grypus (gray seal); Stenella coeruleoalba (striped dolphin).