TABLE 1.

Characteristics useful for Gremella speciation compared with the reactions of the case isolate

	Gremella haemolysans*	Gemella morbillorum†	Gamella bergeri‡	Gemella sanguinis§	Gemella palaticanis¶	Case isolate
Beta-hemolysis	+ (rabbit blood)	- (rabbit blood)	V (horse blood)	V (horse blood)	- (sheep blood)	- (rabbit blood)
Voges-Proskauer	V	-	-	V	-	-
Nitrite reduction	+	-	NR	NR	NR	-
Lactose	-	-	-	V	+	-
Mannitol	-	+	V	+	-	-
Sorbitol	-	+	-	+	-	-
Sucrose	+	+	-	V	+ (weak)	+
Trehalose	+	+	-	-	+	+
Alkaline phosphatase**	+	-	-	+	-	-
Alanine phenylalanine proline arylamidase**	-	V	-	V	+	+
Glycyl-tryptophane arylamidase**	V	V	-	-	+	+

^*Reactions based on references 3 and 11, and Berger reference;

^†Reactions based on references 3 and 11, and Berger reference;

^‡Reactions based on references 1 and 3;

^§Reactions based on references 2 and 3;

^¶Reactions based on reference 3;

^**Determined by API rapid ID 32 Strep (bioMérieux, USA).

NR Not reported; V Variable reaction. + Positive for substance; - Negative for substance