TABLE 1.
Phenotypic characteristics | Presence or absence in clinical isolate from case:
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Presence or absence of characteristic in indicated Tsukamurella speciesa:
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1 | 2 | T. inchonensis | T. paurometabola | T. pulmonis | T. strandjordii | T. tyrosinosolvens | |
Growth at 42°C | − | − | + | − | − | − | − |
Hydrolysis of | |||||||
Tyrosine | + | − | − | − | − | − | + |
Xanthine | − | − | − | − | − | − | V |
Assimilation of | |||||||
Maltose | + | − | + | − | − | V | + |
Cellobiose | − | − | + | − | − | NA | − |
d-Melezitose | + | − | + | − | − | V | + |
d-Sorbitol | + | + | + | − | + | NA | + |
Glycerol | − | − | V | + | V | V | V |
2-Ketogluconate | + | − | V | − | − | V | + |
Xylitol | − | − | V | − | V | + | V |
Inositol | + | − | + | − | − | + | + |
α-Methyl-d-glucoside | − | − | + | − | − | V | V |
d-Arabinose | + | − | V | − | V | − | V |
Ribose | − | − | V | − | − | − | V |
d-Mannose | − | − | + | − | + | + | V |
Mannitol | + | + | + | − | + | + | + |
Arbutine | − | − | V | − | − | + | V |
Salicin | − | − | V | − | − | + | V |
Inulin | − | − | + | − | − | + | + |
l-Fucose | + | − | V | − | + | + | + |
d-Arabitol | + | + | + | − | + | + | + |