Table 1.
Some phenotypic characteristics of Tsukamurella spp
| Name | OT (°C) | NaCl concentration (%) | Enzyme |
Carbon utilization |
Hydrolysis |
Study | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxi | Cata | Nit | Lip | Arab | Fru | Man | Sorb | Xly | Gala | Cello | Arabi | Dul | meso-Ery | Sali | Xanthine | Adenine | Hypoxanthine | Casein | Aesculin | Urea | Tyrosine | Tween 80 | ||||
| T. hongkongensis | ND | ND | − | + | ND | ND | − | ND | + | + | − | + | ND | + | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | [60] |
| T. inchonensis | 24–45 | 5% | ND | ND | − | ND | + | − | + | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | ND | + | − | + | + | − | ND | [61] |
| T. paurometabola | 10–35 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | − | + | − | + | + | − | ND | − | − | − | + | − | − | ND | − | ND | + | − | + | [4] |
| T. pseudospumae | 25–30 | ND | + | ND | ND | ND | + | + | − | + | + | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | ND | − | ND | + | − | + | ND | [62] |
| T. pulmonis | 24–37 | ND | ND | + | − | ND | ND | ND | + | + | − | ND | + | + | + | + | + | − | ND | + | − | − | + | − | + | [52] |
| T. sinensis | ND | ND | − | + | ND | ND | − | ND | − | − | − | − | ND | − | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | [60] |
| T. soli | 30 | 3.0% | − | + | − | + | − | + | ND | + | ND | ND | − | + | − | − | + | − | ND | − | − | + | + | + | + | [63] |
| T. spumae | 25–37 | ND | + | ND | ND | ND | + | − | + | + | + | − | + | + | + | + | − | − | ND | + | ND | ND | + | + | ND | [64] |
| T. strandjordae | 28–35 | 5% | ND | + | ND | ND | − | + | + | + | ND | + | ND | + | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | [11] |
| T. tyrosinosolvens | 24–37 | 5% | ND | ND | ND | ND | − | ND | + | + | − | + | − | ND | ND | − | ND | + | − | + | − | + | + | + | + | [65] |
| T. serpentis | 10,37 | 7% | − | + | ND | ND | + | + | + | + | + | + | ND | + | + | +/− | ND | − | ND | ND | ND | + | ND | − | ND | [12] |
+/− indicates different utilization.
Arab, arabinose; Arabit, arabitol; Cata, catalase; Cello, cellobiose; Dul, dulcitol; Fru, fructose; Gala, galactose; Lip, lipase; Man, mannitol; meso-Ery, meso-erythritol; ND, not determined; Nit, nitrate reductase; OT, optimum temperature; Oxi, oxidase; Sali, salicin; Sorb, sorbitol; Xly, xylose.