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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 24.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2016 May 11;66(8):3063–3070. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001147

Table 2. Phenotypic and chemotaxonomic data of Oblitimonas alkaliphila gen. nov., sp. nov. and the nearest phylogenetic neighbours.

Strains: 1, B4199T; 2 (n=7), C6819, C6918, D2441, D3318, E1086, E1148 and E5571; 3, P. alcaliphila DSM 17744T; 4, P. caeni DSM 24390T; 5, P. pseudoalcaligenes ATCC 17440T; 6, Serpens flexibilis ATCC 29606T; 7, .T. denitrificans X2T. C12 : 0=dodecanoic acid, C14 : 0=myristic acid, C15 : 0=pentadecanoic acid, C16 : 0=palmitic acid. +, Positive; −, negative; ND, no data; W, weakly positive.

Test performed 1 2 3 4 5 6 7*
Fatty acid
  C12 : 0 5.34 4.46–5.53 10.13 9.53 9.75 4.85 7.47
  C14 : 0 10.79 7.96–13.66 <1 1.62 <1 2.11 6.80
  C15 : 0 5.01 1.51–5.01 <1 <1 <1 4.88 ND
  C16 : 0 21.08 20.64–23.16 23.82 35.29 22.38 22.27 29.13
  C18 : 1ω7c 34.48 33.3–38.36 31.05 8.59 36.19 20.93 27.38
  Summed feature 3† 9.77 8.54–12.09 17.54 33.09 12.08 4.68 25.36
Quinones Q9 Q9 Q9 Q9 Q9 Q9 Q8 & Q9
API ZYM test:‡
  Alkaline phosphatase − 0(0) + − − − −
  Esterase lipase (C8) − 1(14) + + + + W
  Leucine arylamidase + 7(100) + + + + ND
  Acid phosphatase − 3(43) − − − − −
API 50CH test:‡
  l-Arabinose + 7(100) − − − − ND
  d-Fucose + 7(100) − − − − ND
  d-Galactose + 7(100) − − − − ND
  d-Glucose + 7(100) − − − − ND
  d-Mannose + 7(100) − − − − ND
  d-Ribose + 7(100) − − − − ND
  d-Xylose + 7(100) − − − − ND
  d-Arabinose − 3(43) − − − − ND
  l-Rhamnose + 2(29) − − − − ND
  Melibiose − 1(14) − − − − ND
  Ferric citrate aesculin − 3(43) − − − − ND
DNA G+C content (mol%)§ 47.4 47.3–47.6 63.2 50.1–51.1 62.2 65.8 59
*

Data from Tan et al. (2015).

†

Summed feature 3 comprises C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c.

‡

n=7, Number positive (%).