TABLE 2.
Characteristics of Enterococcus viikkiensis and the closest phylogenetic neighbors in the E. avium group
| Characteristic | Finding for the following speciesa: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| Growth at: | |||||||||
| 10°C | + | + | + | D | + | D | + | + | + |
| 45°C | − | − | − | + | + | + | D | + | + |
| Group D antigen | + | ND | − | D | − | D | + | + | + |
| Acid production from: | |||||||||
| l-Arabinose | − | D | − | + | − | + | − | − | + |
| l-Arabitol | − | D | − | + | − | + | + | ND | ND |
| Dulcitol | − | − | − | D | − | − | D | ND | ND |
| Glycerol | + | D | − | + | − | + | D | + | + |
| Inositol | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | ND | ND |
| Lactose | + | + | − | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| Melezitose | − | D | − | + | − | + | − | ND | ND |
| Melibiose | − | − | − | − | − | + | + | + | + |
| Raffinose | − | D | − | − | − | + | + | + | + |
| Rhamnose | − | D | D | + | − | + | + | ND | ND |
| Sorbitol | − | D | − | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| l-Sorbose | − | D | − | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| d-Tagatose | − | D | − | + | − | + | + | ND | ND |
a
Species: 1, E. viikkiensis sp. nov.; 2, E. devriesei; 3, E. hermanniensis; 4, E. avium; 5, E. pseudoavium; 6, E. raffinosus; 7, E. malodoratus; 8, E. gilvus; 9, E. pallens. Characteristics are scored as follows: +, positive; −, negative; D, either positive or negative; ND, not determined. Data for taxa other than E. viikkiensis were obtained from Koort et al. (24), Svec et al. (44), Tyrrell et al. (48), Devriese et al. (11), and Collins et al. (8).