Table 1 Phenotypic characteristics of the two blood culture isolates, Globicatella sulfidifaciens, and Globicatella sanguinis.
| Characteristics | Isolate 1 | Isolate 2 | G. sulfidaciens19 | G. sanguinis17,19 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catalase | − | − | − | − | |||
| Lancefield grouping | Non‐group A, B, C, D, F, or G | Non‐group A, B, C, D, F, or G | |||||
| Resistance to bacitracin | − | − | |||||
| Resistance to optochin | − | − | |||||
| Growth in 6.5% NaCl | − | + | + | + | |||
| Growth in 10% bile | − | + | |||||
| Growth in 40% bile | − | − | |||||
| Esculin hydrolysis | + | − | + | + | |||
| Hippurate hydrolysis | − | − | − | + | |||
| Arginine hydrolysis | − | − | − | − | |||
| Urease | − | − | − | − | |||
| Voges−Proskauer test | − | − | − | − | |||
| Tetrazolium reduction | − | − | − | ||||
| Resistance to novobiocin | − | − | |||||
| Production of H2S | − | − | + | − | |||
| Utilisation of: | |||||||
| Hemicellulase | − | − | |||||
| Dextrose | + | + | + | ||||
| Lactose | − | − | − | V | |||
| Mannitol | − | − | − | + | |||
| Raffinose | − | + | + | + | |||
| Salicin | + | + | + | ||||
| Sorbitol | − | − | − | V | |||
| Sucrose | + | + | + | + | |||
| Trehalose | + | + | + | + | |||
| Arabinose | − | − | − | ||||
| Pyruvate | − | − | − | ||||
| Pullulan | − | + | V | ||||
| Inulin | − | + | + | − | |||
| Melibiose | − | + | + | + | |||
| Melezitose | − | − | − | ||||
| Cellobiose | + | + | + | ||||
| Ribose | + | − | − | + | |||
| Xylose | − | − | − | ||||
| Maltose | + | + | + | + | |||
| Glycogen | − | + | + | + | |||
| D‐Arabitol | − | − | |||||
| Methyl‐B‐D‐glucopyranoside | + | + | |||||
| Tagatose | − | − | |||||
| Cyclodextrin | − | − | |||||
| Pyrrolidonylarylamidase | + | + | − | + | |||
| α‐galactosidase | + | + | + | + | |||
| β‐glucuronidase | − | − | + | − | |||
| β‐galactosidase | + | + | V | + | |||
| β‐glucosidase | + | − | |||||
| Alanine‐phenylalanine‐proline arylamidase | + | + | + | ||||
| N‐acetyl‐β‐glucosaminidase | − | − | − | + | |||
| Glycyl‐tryptophane arylamidase | − | − | |||||
| β‐mannosidase | + | − | |||||
| Alkaline phosphatase | − | − | − |