Table 4.
Phenotypic characteristics that differentiate novel macrococci from phenotypically related Macrococcus caseolyticus subsp. caseolyticus subsp. nov. and Macrococcus canis.
| Test | 1* | 2* | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growth at 10°C | + | – | – | + | + | + |
| Growth at 45°C | + | + | – | + | – | – |
| Growth in thioglycolate | + | – | – | w | w | + |
| Yellow pigmented | – | + | – | – | – | – |
| Chymotrypsin | + | + | w | + | – | + |
| Acid from: ribose | + | + | – | – | – | – |
| galactose | + | – | – | + | + | + |
| mannitol | – | + | + | – | – | – |
| lactose | + | – | – | + | + | + |
| salicine | – | – | – | + | + | + |
| turanose | – | – | – | + | + | + |
| L-arabinose | – | – | – | + | – | – |
| melezitose | – | – | – | + | + | – |
Strains: 1. M. caseolyticus subsp. caseolyticus subsp. nov. CCM 3540T; 2. M. caseolyticus subsp. hominis subsp. nov. CCM 7927T; 3. M. canis CCM 8748T; 4. M. goetzii sp. nov. CCM 4927T; 5. M. epidermidis sp. nov. CCM 7099T; 6. M. bohemicus sp. nov. CCM 7100T.
+, positive; w, weak positive; –, negative;
*
data valid for type strain as well as subspecies description; all data of type strains were taken from this study