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. 2015 May 8;95(4):465–477. doi: 10.1007/s13594-015-0229-2

Table 1.

Results of phenotypical tests of lactose fermentation and nitrate reduction evaluated after 2, 5, and 7 days of incubation, and presence or absence of lactose and nitrate reductase genomic islands, lac GI and nar GI, respectively

Strain Strain origin Lactose Nitrate Phenotypea lac GIb nar GIb
Biotope Country 2 days 5 days 7 days 2 days 5 days
CIRM-BIA121T c Swiss cheese USA 0 0 0 1 1 F 0 1
CIRM-BIA514 Hay France 0 0 0 1 nd F 0 1
CIRM-BIA9 Emmental cheese The Netherlands 0 1 1 0 0 S 1 0
CIRM-BIA118 Gruyère cheese France 0 1 1 0 0 S 1 0
CIRM-BIA135 Ewe raw milk France 0 0 1 0 0 S 1 0
CIRM-BIA508 Yack cheese Nepal 0 1 1 0 0 S 1 0
CIRM-BIA1T unknown Unknown 0 1 1 0 0 S 1 0
CIRM-BIA122 unknown Unknown 0 1 1 0 1 P+ 1 1
CIRM-BIA513 Gruyère cheese France 0 1 1 0 1 P+ 1 1
CIRM-BIA516 Ras cheese Egypt 0 0 1 1 nd P+ 1 1
B44 Milk Brazil 0 0 0 0 1 F nd nd
B46 Milk Brazil 0 0 0 0 1 F nd nd
B158 Soil Brazil 0 0 0 1 nd F nd nd
B70 Milk Brazil 1 nd nd 0 0 S nd nd
B78 Milk Brazil 0 1 1 0 0 S nd nd
B86 Soil Brazil 1 nd nd 0 0 S nd nd
B91 Silage Brazil 1 nd nd 0 0 S nd nd
B141 Milk Brazil 0 1 1 0 0 S nd nd
B42 Milk Brazil 0 1 1 1 nd P+ nd nd
B43 Milk Brazil 1 nd nd 0 1 P+ nd nd
B66 Grass Brazil 1 nd nd 0 1 P+ nd nd
B82 Soil Brazil 0 1 1 1 nd P+ nd nd
B75 Milk Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 P− nd nd
B89 Soil Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 P− nd nd
B145 Milk Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 P− nd nd
B148 Milk Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 P− nd nd
B171 Grass Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 P− nd nd
B172 Grass Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 P− nd nd

nd not determined

aPhenotype: freudenreichii (F), shermanii (S), lac+/nit+ (P+) and lac/nit (P−)

bFrom the genome sequence (Loux et al. 2015)

cT, type strain