Table 1.
Physiological characteristics of Streptobacillus species known to date obtained by VITEK2-compact with the NHI card†, API-Zym‡# (both bioMeriéux) and classical reactions§ (modified after53); Taxa: 1, Streptobacillus moniliformis DSM 12112T; 2, results from 6 Streptobacillus moniliformis reference strains (ATCC 27747, ATCC 49567, ATCC 49940, NCTC 11194, CIP 55–48 and CIP 81–99); 3, Streptobacillus hongkongensis DSM 26322T; 4, Streptobacillus felis 131000547T; 5, Streptobacillus notomytis AHL 370–1T; 6, Streptobacillus ratti OGS16T; +, positive; -, negative; +/− variable.
| Compound | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hemolysis on SBA§ | − | +/− | + | + | − | + |
| Phosphatase (unspecified)† | − | − | + | − | − | − |
| Phenylalanine arylamidase† | + | + | − | − | + | + |
| Ala-Phe-Pro arylamidase† | + | + | − | − | + | + |
| Alkaline phosphatase‡ | w | +/− | + | + | − | − |
| Esterase (C4)‡ | w | +/− | w | + | + | − |
| Esterase lipase (C8)‡ | + | w/+ | w | + | + | + |
| Leucine arylamidase‡ | − | +/− | − | − | w | − |
| α-Chymotrypsin‡ | + | w/+ | − | − | + | + |
| Acid phosphatase‡ | w | −/w | + | + | − | − |
| Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase‡ | − | − | w | − | − | − |
| α-Glucosidase‡ | − | − | − | − | − | − |
#
score values 0–5 indicate strength of enzymatic intensities (0–2: negative [−], 3: weak [w], 4–5: positive [+]).