Table 2. Comparison of phenotypic characteristics between strain SCU-B244^T, Erwinia oleae (DSM 23398^T), and other related species.

Characteristic	1	2	3*	4*	5*	6*	7*	8*	9*	10#	11*	12*	13*	14*	15*	16##
Nitrate reduction	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	ND	-	+	-	-	-	ND
Fermentation of (API 50-CHE):
Aesculin	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	-	-	+	-	+	-	+
L-Arabinose	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
D-Arabitol	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-
Potassium Gluconate	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+
Glycerol	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Inositol	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	+
Potassium 2-Ketogluconate	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+
D-Mannose	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	+	-	+	+	+
L-Rhamnose	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	+
D-Sorbitol	+	-	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+
Sucrose	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+
Xylitol	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-

1, Erwinia teleogrylli sp. nov. SCU-B244^T; 2, E. oleae DSM 23398^T; 3, E. amylovora LMG 2024^T; 4, E. aphidicola LMG 24877^T; 5, E. billingiae LMG 2613^T; 6, E. mallotivora LMG 2708^T; 7, E. papayae CFBP 5189^T; 8, E. persicina LMG 11254^T; 9, E. psidii LMG 7039^T; 10, E. piriflorinigrans CECT 7348^T; 11, E. pyrifoliae ICMP 14143^T; 12, E. rhapontici LMG 2688^T; 13, E. tasmaniensis LMG 25318^T; 14, E. toletana CFBP 6631^T; 15, E. tracheiphila LMG 2707^T; 16, Pantoea gaviniae LMG 26250^T.

+, positive; -, negative; ND, not determined.

^# Data from López et al. [25].

* Data from Moretti et al. [22].

^## Data from Alexandra et al. [26]