TABLE 2.
Enzyme activities of T. phagedenis-like spirochetes isolated from PDD lesions
| Strain | API-ZYM resultb
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Other analysesc
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | H | C | O | |
| T. denticola JCM8152 | − | + | + | − | + | − | − | + | − | + | − | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | + | − |
| T. phagedenis ATCC 27087 | + | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | + | + | − | − | + | − | + | + | + | − |
| T. phagedenis-like spirochetes from PDDa | + | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | + | + | − | − | + | − | + | + | + | − |
a
Twelve strains of T. phagedenis-like spirochetes isolated from PDD were examined for the biochemical tests.
b
Enzymes are represented by numbers above each column as follows: 1, alkaline phosphatase; 2, C4 esterase; 3, C8 esterase lipase; 4, C14 lipase; 5, leucine arylamidase; 6, valine arylamidase; 7, cystine arylamidase; 8, trypsin; 9, chymotrypin; 10, acid phosphatase; 11, naphtholphosphohydrolase; 12, α-galactosidase; 13, β-galactosidase; 14, β-glucuronidase; 15, α-gulucosidase; 16, β-gulucosidase; 17, N-acetyl-β-glucosaminidase; 18, α-mannosidase; 19, α-fucosidase.
c
H, hemolytic activity; C, catalase; O, oxidase.