TABLE 2.
Some important phenotypic and chemotaxonomic features of V. splendidus-related speciesa
| Characteristic | V. splendidus | V. kanaloaei | V. pomeroyi | V. chagasii | V. tasmaniensis | V. lentus | V. cyclitrophicus | V. crassostreae |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arginine | Vb | V | V | V | − | V | V | + |
| Lysine | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Ornithine | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Growth at/on: | ||||||||
| 4°C | V | + | + | V | + | V | + | + |
| 8% (wt/vol) NaCl | V | V | + | V | − | V | + | − |
| Nitrate reduction | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | + |
| Fermentation of: | ||||||||
| Sucrose | V | + | V | − | − | − | + | + |
| Arabinose | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Utilization of cellobiose | V | − | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| β-Galactosidase activity | V | − | + | − | − | + | − | − |
| Indole production | + | + | + | + | + | V | − | + |
| Fatty acids (%) | ||||||||
| Summed feature 3c | 35 | 39.2 | 32.9 | 38.4 | 35.4 | 41.7 | 35.3 | 39.4 |
| 16:0 | 29.6 | 25.6 | 29.2 | 22.4 | 28.4 | 24.7 | 30.7 | 17.3 |
| 14:0 | 9 | 5.0 | 10.5 | 7.2 | 11.0 | 8.8 | 7.96 | 5.4 |
| 12:0 | 8.7 | 4.2 | 8.9 | 3.8 | 6.6 | 5.3 | 7.7 | 5.5 |
| 18:1 ω7c | 8.2 | 10.2 | 7.6 | 9.7 | 7.6 | 8.7 | 7.5 | 7.0 |
| 12:0 3-OH | 3.41 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.3 |