TABLE 1.
Differentiation of Staphylococcus edaphicus sp. nov. from the phylogenetically closest Staphylococcus spp.
| Test | Result obtained for indicated type strain in this study/from species descriptiona: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. edaphicus CCM 8730T | S. xylosus CCM 2738T | S. saprophyticus subsp. saprophyticus CCM 883T | S. saprophyticus subsp. bovis CCM 4410T | S. succinus subsp. succinus CCM 7157T | S. succinus subsp. casei CCM 7194T | S. equorum subsp. equorum CCM 3832T | S. equorum subsp. linens CCM 7278T | |
| Nitrate reduction | + | +/D | −/− | +/+ | −/− | +/+ | +/+ | +/+ |
| Pyrrolidonyl arylamidase | + | +/D | −/− | W/+ | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− |
| Voges-Proskauer test (acetoin) | + | −/D | +/+ | +/D | −/− | −/− | −/− | −/− |
| Esculine hydrolysis | − | −/D | −/− | −/− | +/+ | +/+ | −/D | −/− |
| β-Glucosidase | − | +/+ | −/D | −/D | +/NT | +/NT | +/NT | −/NT |
| β-Glucuronidase | + | +/+ | −/− | −/− | +/+ | +/+ | W/+ | +/+ |
| β-Galactosidase | − | +/+ | +/+ | +/D | +/+ | +/+ | W/D | −/− |
| Acid from mannose | + | +/+ | −/− | −/− | +/D | +/+ | −/+ | +/+ |
a
Species description data are from Schleifer and Bell (17). +, positive reaction; W, weakly positive reaction; −, negative reaction; D, variable reaction; NT, not tested.