Table 2.
Main biochemical features of strain Parabacteroides timonensis strain Marseille‐P3236T obtained by API tests (20A, 50CH, and ZYM)
| Test | Results | Test | Results | Test | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alkaline phosphatase | + | Fermentation (d‐glucose) | + | Fermentation (d‐turanose) | + |
| Esterase (C4) | + | Fermentation (d‐fructose) | + | Fermentation (d‐lyxose) | − |
| Esterase Lipase (C8) | + | Fermentation (d‐mannose) | + | Fermentation (d‐tagatose) | + |
| Lipase (C14) | − | Fermentation (l‐sorbose) | − | Fermentation (d‐fucose) | − |
| Leucine arylamidase | + | Fermentation (l‐rhamnose) | + | Fermentation (l‐fucose) | − |
| Valine arylamidase | + | Fermentation (d‐ulcitol) | − | Fermentation (d‐arabitol) | − |
| Cystine arylamidase | + | Fermentation (Inositol) | − | Fermentation (l‐arabitol) | − |
| Trypsin | − | Fermentation (d‐mannitol) | + | Fermentation (potassium gluconate) | + |
| α‐chymotrypsin | − | Fermentation (d‐sorbitol) | + | Fermentation (potassium 2‐Ketogluconate) | − |
| Acid phosphatase | + | Fermentation (Methyl‐αd‐mannopyranoside) | + | Fermentation (potassium 5‐Ketogluconate) | − |
| Naphthol‐AS‐BI‐phosphohydrolase | + | (Fermentation (Methyl‐αd‐glucosamine)) | + | Indole formation | − |
| α‐galactosidase | + | Fermentation (n‐acetylglucosamine) | + | Urease | − |
| β‐galactosidase | + | Fermentation (Amygdaline) | + | Acidification (Glucose) | + |
| β‐glucuronidase | + | Fermentation (Arbutin) | + | Acidification (Mannitol) | − |
| α‐glucosidase | + | Fermentation (Esculin ferric citrate) | + | Acidification (Lactose) | + |
| β‐glucosidase | + | Fermentation (Salicin) | + | Acidification (Saccharose) | + |
| N‐acetyl‐β‐glucosaminidase | + | Fermentation (d‐cellobiose) | + | Acidification (Maltose) | + |
| α‐mannosidase | − | Fermentation (d‐Maltose) | + | Acidification (Salicin) | − |
| α‐fucosidase | − | Fermentation (d‐lactose) | + | Acidification (Xylose) | + |
| Fermentation (Glycerol) | − | Fermentation (d‐melibiose) | + | Acidification (Arabinose) | + |
| Fermentation (Erythritol) | + | Fermentation (d‐saccharose/sucrose) | + | Hydrolysis (protease) (Gelatin) | − |
| Fermentation (d‐arabinose) | + | Fermentation (d‐trehalose) | + | Hydrolysis β‐ glucosidase (Esculin) | − |
| Fermentation (l‐arabinose) | + | Fermentation (Inuline) | + | Acidification (Glycerol) | − |
| Fermentation (d‐ribose) | + | Fermentation (d‐melezitose) | + | Acidification (Cellobiose) | − |
| Fermentation (d‐xylose) | + | Fermentation (d‐raffinose) | + | Acidification (Mannose) | + |
| Fermentation (l‐xylose) | − | Fermentation (Starch) | + | Acidification (Melezitose) | − |
| Fermentation (d‐adonitol) | − | Fermentation (Glycogen) | − | Acidification (Raffinose) | + |
| Fermentation (Methyl‐β‐d‐xylopyranoside) | − | Fermentation (xylitol) | − | Acidification (Sorbitol) | − |
| Fermentation (d‐galactose) | + | Fermentation (Gentiobiose) | + | Acidification (Rhamnose) | + |
| Acidification (Trehalose) | + |