Table 2.

Phenotypic characteristics that distinguish strain JJY4^T from the two most closely related species of the genus Streptomyces.

Characteristic	1	2	3
Degradation tests (% [w/v])
Aesculin hydrolysis (0.1)	−	−	+
Arbutin hydrolysis (0.1)	+	+	+
Gelatin (0.4)	−	+	+
Hypoxanthine (0.4)	+	−	+
l-Tyrosine	+	+	+
Tween 80 (1.0)	+	+	+
Growth on sole carbon sources (% [w/v])
Adonitol (1.0)	+	+	+
(+)-l-Arabinose (1.0)	+	+	+
Cellobiose (1.0)	−	+	+
Dextrin (1.0)	+	+	+
Lactose (1.0)	+	+	+
Salicin (1.0)	+	−	+
myo-Inositol (1.0)	+	−	+
Raffinose (1.0)	+	+	+
Xylose (1.0)	+	−	+
Sodium propionate (0.1)	+	−	−
Growth on sole nitrogen sources (0.1% [w/v])
l-Isoleucine	−	+	+
l-Methionine	−	+	−
l-Serine	+	+	+
l-Phenylalanine	+	+	+
l-Valine	+	+	+
Growth at pH 4.0	−	−	+
Growth with 8 μg chloramphenicol mL−1	+	+	−

Strains were grown and tested simultaneously under the same conditions. Taxa are as in Table 1.

+, utilized; −, negative or not utilized.