Table 1.
Phenotypic characteristics of Campylobacter concisus.
| Phenotypic characteristic | Reaction* |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Bergey’s manual (Vandamme et al., 2005) | Tanner et al. (1981) | Others | |
| Active motility | A | A | A |
| Growth on minimal media | N | – | N |
| Growth in air+CO2 | – | N | N |
| Growth stimulated by formate and fumarate | – | A | A |
| Growth stimulated by nitrate | – | N | – |
| Growth at 25°C | N | – | – |
| Growth at 42°C | M | – | – |
| GROWTH IN THE PRESENCE OF | |||
| Sodium fluoride | M | A | – |
| Oxgall | F | A | – |
| Sodium deoxycholate | – | A | – |
| Phenol | – | N | – |
| Janus green | – | A | – |
| Basic fuchsin | – | A | – |
| Crystal violet | – | A | – |
| Safranine | F | A | – |
| Alizarine red S | – | A | – |
| Azure II | – | A | – |
| Potassium cyanide | – | M | – |
| Methyl orange | – | A | – |
| KMnO4 | N | – | – |
| END PRODUCTS | |||
| H2S | N# | A | – |
| Formate | – | N | – |
| Acetate | – | F | – |
| Lactate | – | N | – |
| Succinate | – | A | – |
| Pyruvate | – | N | – |
| Hydrogen | – | A | – |
| Nitrous oxide | – | N | – |
| REDUCTION OF | |||
| Nitrite | – | A | – |
| Nitrate | F | – | – |
| Selenite | F | – | – |
| Benzyl viologen | – | A | – |
| Neutral red | – | A | – |
| ACTIVITY | |||
| Oxidase | M | A | – |
| Urease | N | N | – |
| Catalase | N | N | – |
| Benzidine | – | A | – |
| Lysine and ornithine decarboxylase | – | N | – |
| Indoxyl acetate hydrolysis | N | – | – |
| Hippurate hydrolysis | N | – | – |
| Arylsulfatase | – | – | A |
| Pyrazinamidase | – | – | A |
*A, 95–100% positive; M, 60–93% positive; F, 14–50% positive; N, 0–11% positive; not available, #Trace quantities.