Table 3.
Characteristic | A. altamirensis | A. coralcida | SI85-9A1 | HTCC 2156 |
---|---|---|---|---|
pH optimum | 6.8* | 7.6 | 6.8 to 7.5 | 7.5 to 8.0 |
pH Range | 5.5 to 9.5* | n/d | 5.5 to 10 | 5.5 to 10 |
Temp Range(°C) | 10 to 40 | 4 to 37 | 10 to 40 | 4 to 40 |
Temp Optimum (°C) | 28 | 28 | 27 to 30 | 30 |
Salt optimum (% NaCl) | 0 to 2 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 2.0 to 2.5 |
Growth at 10% salt | − | − | + | + |
Gram Stain | negative | negative | negative | negative |
Pigment absorbance (nm) | 447, 447–471, 424–427 inflection | 447, 470–471, 424–427 inflection | 450, 471–477, 424–429 inflection | 452, 339 |
DNA G+C mol% | 71.8 | 66.3 | 67 | 68.5 |
Manganese oxidation | −* | − | + | + |
Carbon Source Utilization | ||||
Acetic Acid | +* | + | (+) | − |
Adenine | + | − | n/d | n/d |
α-Keto Glutaric Acid | +* | − | + | + |
α-D-Glucose | + | − | + | + |
D-Galactose | + | + | + | + |
D-Mannitol | + | − | + | + |
D-Melibiose | (+) | + | − | + |
Formic Acid | +* | − | + | + |
Gentiobiose | − | + | − | + |
Gluconic Acid | + | + | + | + |
Glycerol | +* | + | + | + |
i-Erythritol | + | − | + | − |
L-Arabinose | + | + | + | + |
L-Asparagine | +* | (+) | + | − |
L-Glutamic Acid | +* | + | + | + |
L-Pyroglutamic Acid | −* | − | + | − |
L-Rhamnose | + | + | + | + |
L-Serine | +* | + | − | + |
Malonic Acid | + | − | − | − |
Maltose | + | (+) | − | − |
m-Inositol | +* | − | + | − |
N-Acetyl-D-Galactosamine | + | (+) | − | − |
Fatty Acids (%) | ||||
C16:0 | 11.3 | 6.7 | 7.16 | 2.3 |
C16:1ω7c | − | 1.3 | 4.36 | − |
C18:0 | 0.7 | 1.5 | − | 1.3 |
C18:1 2-OH | 3.5 | 2 | 3 | 0.8 |
C18:1ω7c | 74.4 | 76.9 | − | 63 |
C18:1ω9t | − | − | 64.31 | − |
C19:0ω7c cyclo | − | − | 21.16 | − |
C19:0ω8c cyclo | − | 10.5 | − | 28 |
Extra experiments performed in this study to complement the work of Jurado et al. 2006.
n/d = not determined