Table I.
Comparison of the phenotypic characteristics of Mycobacterium heraklionense GN01 with those of the members of M. terrae complex (5–8,17).
| Test results | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Pigmentation | Niacin production | Nitrate reduction | Urease production | Aryl. 3 days | Glu | Catal. 68° | T80 |
| GN01 | – | – | + | – | – | + | + | + |
| M. nonchromogenicum | – | – | – | – | – | – | + | + |
| M. terrae | – | – | + | – | – | – | + | + |
| M. triviale | – | – | + | – | – | – | + | + |
| M. kumanotonense | – | – | + | – | + | |||
| M. arupense | – | – | – | – | – | + | + | |
| M. hiberniae | – | – | + | – | ||||
| M. senuense | – | – | + | – | – | + | + | |
+, positive; −, negative; Aryl., arylsulfatase; Glu, β-glucosidase; Catal., catalase; T80, Tween-80 hydrolysis.