TABLE 1.

Assimilation profile and growth characteristics of Blastobotrys serpentis and B. proliferans

Characteristic or condition	Resulta
	B. serpentis (n = 2 sources [peritoneal wound swab, blood])	B. proliferans (n = 1 source [blood])
Carbon assimilation
d-Glucose	+	+
d-Galactose	+	+
l-Sorbose	+	+
N-Acetyl-glucosamine	+	+
d-Ribose	+	−
d-Xylose	+	+
l-Arabinose	+	+
l-Rhamnose	+	+
Sucrose	+	+
d-Maltose	+	+
d-Trehalose	+	+
d-Cellobiose	+	+
d-Melibiose	−	+
d-Mannose	+	+
d-Melezitose	−	−
Lactose	−	±
d-Sorbitol	+	+
Raffinose	+	+
Gentiobiose	+	+
Palatinose	+	+
d-Melezitose	−	−
Glycerol	−	−
Erythritol	+	+
Xylitol	+	+
Inositol	+	+
d-Gluconate	+	+
l-Lactate	+	+
Citrate	−	−
l-Malate	+	+
d-Galactouronate	+	+
Acetate	+	+
Urease	−	+
Glucuronate	+	+
2-Keto-d-gluconate	+
Nitrogen assimilation		−
Nitrate	−	−
l-Lysine	−	+
Leucine	+	+
Arginine	+	±
Tyrosine	−	+
l-Proline	+
Growth under different conditions		+
37°C	+	+
40°C	+	+
0.01% cycloheximide	+	−
0.1% cycloheximide	−	Wc
50% glucose	W	−
6.5% NaCl	−

^a+, growth; −, no growth; W, weak growth.