Table 1.
Characteristics | 1 | 2 [24] | 3 [21] | 4 [21] | 5 [6] | 6 [25] | 7 [26] | 8 [18] | 9 [27] | 10 [27] |
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Acid from: | ||||||||||
Ribose | + | + | + | + | − | − | + | NT | NT | NT |
D-Xylose | + | + | − | + | − | + | − | + | + | + |
Galactose | + | − | + | + | − | + | + | + | + | + |
D-Fructose | + | − | + | + | + | NT | − | + | + | + |
Cellobiose | + | − | − | + | − | + | − | + | − | + |
Melibiose | − | + | − | − | − | + | + | + | + | + |
Sucrose | + | + | − | + | + | + | D | + | + | + |
Trehalose | − | + | − | − | + | − | D | + | + | + |
D-Raffinose | − | + | − | − | − | − | + | + | + | − |
Maltose | + | NT | − | + | + | + | + | − | + | + |
Dextran formation | + | − | + | + | − | + | − | + | + | + |
Cell morphology | Short rods | Short rods, often thickened to one end | Irregular rods | Short rods, thickened at one end | Large spherical or lenticular cells | NT | Spherical | Cocci-shaped and random arrangement in groups or chains | NT | NT |
1, W. confusa (Cab3) 2, W. soli; 3, W. kandleri; 4, W. confusa; 5, W. hellenica; 6, W. kimchii; 7, W. thailandensis; 8, P. pentosaceus; 9, L. mesenteroides B-512F; 10, L. mesenteroides B-640. Symbols: +, 90% or more strains were positive; −, 90% or more strains were negative; D, 11–89% of strains were positive; NT, not tested.