TABLE 2.

Morphological characteristics of Wallemia spp.

Organism	% NaCl in growth medium	Cell type or morphology	Colony morphology on solid medium	Presence or absence ofa:
				Cell wall indentations	EPS
W. ichthyophaga	15	Multicellular clumps	Light brown to yellowish/olive green; punctiform; heaped; soft; spreading deeply into the agar; yellow reverse (see Fig. 4a)	+	+++
	25	Multicellular clumps	White, yellowish to light green; heaped; soft; did not spread deeply into the agar; reduced area in contact with agar; light yellow reverse (see Fig. 4b)	++	++
W. muriae	5	Hyphae	Brown; round shape with light margin; powdery (high no. of spores), dry; spreading deeply into the agar; brown reverse (see Fig. 1a)	-	+
	20	Hyphae	Light brown to white; when white also dusty (high no. of spores); variable shape with light beige shaggy margin; heaped, powdery, dry; spreading into the agar; reduced area in contact with agar, pronounced aerial hyphae; brown reverse (see Fig. 1b)	+	+
W. sebi	5	Hyphae	Light brown, with the center being lighter, with light tan hyphae; round shape with light shaggy marginal surface; powdery (high no. of spores), dry; spreading deeply into the agar; brown reverse (see Fig. 1g)	-	+
	20	Hyphae	Rust brown with light margin, off white in the center; powdery, dry; spreading into the agar, not deeply; reduced area in contact with agar, brown reverse (see Fig. 1h)	+	+

^a-, Not present; +, present; ++, pronounced; +++, abundant.