TABLE 2.
Biochemical and phenotypic characteristics of 28 members of the S. sciuri group
| Characteristic | No. of strains of the following speciesa testing positiveb for the indicated characteristic:
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. sciuri subsp. sciuri (n = 8) | S. sciuri subsp. rodentium (n = 15) | S. lentus (n = 3) | S. vitulinus (n = 2) | |
| Tube coagulase | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oxidase | 8 | 15 | 3 | 2 |
| Novobiocin resistance (5 μg) | 8 | 15 | 3 | 2 |
| Urease | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arginine dihydrolase | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ornithine decarboxylase | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Esculin | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| d-Glucose | 8 | 15 | 3 | 2 |
| d-fructose | 8 | 15 | 3 | 2 |
| d-Mannose | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 (2) |
| d-Maltose | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| d-Lactose | 4 (2w) | 9, 1w (9, 2w) | 3 | 0 |
| d-Trehalose | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| d-Mannitol | 8 | 15 | 3 | 1 |
| d-Raffinose | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Nitrate reduction | 8 | 15 | 3 | 2 |
| Voges-Proskauer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) |
| β-Galactosidase | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arginine arylamidase | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alkaline phosphatase | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| Pyrrolidonyl arylamidase | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| d-Saccharose | 8 | 15 | 3 | 2 |
| N-Acetyl glucosamine | 5, 3w (6, 2w) | 10, 5w (13, 1w) | 2, 1w (3) | 0 |
| d-Turanose | 8 | 11, 4w | 1, 2w | 0 |
| l-Arabinose | 4 | 11 | 2, 1w | 0 |
| β-Glucuronidase | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| d-Ribose | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| d-Cellobiose | 8 | 14, 1w | 3 | 0 |
| Xylitol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| d-Melibiose | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Xylose | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| α-Methyl-β-glucoside | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
a
The number of strains identified by PCR as belonging to each species is given after the species name.
b
By API Staph and ID32 STAPH. Where discrepancies between results by these two tests were noted (d-mannose, d-lactose, Voges-Proskauer, and N- acetylglucosamine), results obtained by API Staph are given in parentheses w, weak reaction.