Table 2.

Physiological and biochemical characteristics that differ between the new species and closely-related species.

Characteristics	1	2*	3	4*	5*	6*
Assimilation
Inulin	+	–	–	–	+	–
Trehalose	+	+	–	+	+	+
Cellobiose	+	s	–	+	+	s
L-Sorbose	d	s, w	–	s	–	–
Ribitol	–	s	+	s	–	–
D-Mannitol	+	s	–	+	w	s
Myo-Inositol	w	+	–	+	+	s
Growth tests
Growth in vitamin-free medium	w	–	+	–	–	–
Growth at 30 °C	–	w	–	–	–	–

Notes. 1, D. alseodaphnes; 2, D. hubeiensis; 3, D. henanensis; 4, D. pseudoschimicola; 5, D. melastomatis; 6, D. komagatae. +, positive reaction; –, negative reaction; d, delayed positive; s, slow positive; w, weakly positive. All data from this study, except* which were obtained from the original description (Wang and Bai 2008; Jiang et al. 2024).