Table 5.

Multivariate analysis of phenotypic traits through NPC test of the identified Structure populations (cluster values)

Clustera	No. of strains	% positive for the phenotypic characteristic/test/parameter														% positive for the phenotypic characteristic/test/parameter
		Catalase	Cephalothin resistance	Ampicillin resistance	Motility	Indole	Esculin	β-Hemolysis	Voges-Proskauer	LDCe	ODCf	ADH	Kligler iron agar			Citrate	Acid from:			Gas from glucose	Egg yolk agar			Gelatin	Starch	Growth				Brown pigment
													Lactose	Gas	H2S		Sucrose	d-Mannitol	l-Arabinose		Protease	Lecithinase	Lipase			TCBS	4°C	42°C	NaCl (3%)
C1b	15	93	87	87	60	60	73	80	60	27	33	80	7	60	0	73	67	93	73	80	87	0	80	73	87	0	87	27	93	13
C2	37	97	13	97	100	92	11	92	86	35	49	97	0	84	0	89	92	95	5	97	89	5	81	70	78	10	73	95	97	3
C3	3	100	100	100	100	100	33	0	33	0	0	67	0	67	0	0	100	100	100	100	100	0	100	100	33	0	100	100	100	0
C4c	2	100	50	100	100	50	50	50	50	50	0	100	0	100	0	50	0	50	50	50	100	0	100	100	100	0	50	100	100	0
C5	2	100	50	50	100	100	0	50	50	0	0	100	0	100	0	50	50	100	50	100	100	0	0	0	50	50	0	100	50	0
C6	26	84	35	100	96	92	39	23	58	35	39	92	0	65	4	19	50	81	8	100	100	0	96	15	85	0	92	23	61	0
C7	4	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	0	25	100	0	75	25	100	100	100	100	100	100	25	75	100	100	0	75	100	100	0
C8d	7	100	100	100	86	100	86	29	14	0	0	100	14	29	14	57	100	100	86	57	86	0	29	57	100	0	71	86	100	14

^aC1, A. salmonicida-A. bestiarum; C2, A. veronii; C3, A. allosaccharophila; C4, A. schubertii; C5, A. enteropelogenes; C6, A. sobria; C7, A. hydrophila; C8, A. media-A. caviae.

^bThe A. salmonicida-A. bestiarum cluster also included A. popoffii DSM 19604^T.

^cThe A. schubertii cluster was formed by A. schubertii CECT 4240^T and A. eucrenophila DSM 17534^T.

^dThe A. media-A. caviae cluster also included A. encheleia DSM 11577^T.

^eLDC, lysine decarboxylase.

^fODC, ornithine decarboxylase.