Table 2.
Biochemical tests of Corynebacterium pacaense, Alistipes megaguti and Alistipes provencensis (API ZYM strips)
| Test | Result |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Corynebacterium pacaense | Alistipes megaguti | Alistipes provencensis | |
| Alkaline phosphatase | − | − | − |
| Esterase (C4) | + | + | + |
| Esterase lipase (C8) | − | + | − |
| Lipase (C14) | − | + | + |
| Leucine arylamidase | + | − | − |
| Valine arylamidase | − | + | + |
| Cystine arylamidase | − | + | − |
| Trypsin | − | + | + |
| α-Chymotrypsin | − | + | − |
| Phosphatase acid | + | + | − |
| Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase | + | + | + |
| α-Galactosidase | − | − | − |
| β-Galactosidase | − | + | + |
| β-Glucuronidase | − | + | + |
| α-Glucosidase | − | − | + |
| β-Glucosidase | + | − | + |
| N-Acetyl-β-glucosaminidase | − | − | − |
| α-Mannosidase | − | + | − |
| α-Fucosidase | − | + | − |
+, positive result; −, negative result.