Table 2. Phenotypic characteristics differentiating FMV-PI isolates from the other Campylobacter species.
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Motility | - | - | - | + | - | + | + | + | nd | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | nd | nd | + | nd | - | nd | nd |
Oxidase | + | + | - | + | + | + | + | v | + | + | + | v | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
Catalase | - | - | (-) | v* | v | + | - | - | + | - | (-) | + | + | + | + | + | (+) | + | w | v | + | + | - | + | + | + | + | - | + | + | + | - |
α-haemolysis | - | - | - | + | v | - | - | (-) | + | (-) | + | + | (-) | v | + | + | V | - | - | - | + | - | + | nd | + | nd | + | + | nd | - | + | - |
Urease | - | - | - | v* | + | + | - | - | + | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | v | - | - | - | - | - | nd | nd | - | nd | + | - | + |
Hippurate hydrolysis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | (-) | - | - | - | - | + | - | - | (+) | + | - | - | + | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Indoxyl acetate hydrolysis | - | - | (+) | - | v | v | - | - | - | v | + | v | + | - | + | - | - | + | + | - | + | - | + | - | - | nd | - | + | - | + | - | - |
Nitrate reduction | - | - | (+) | (+) | + | (+) | (-) | (-) | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | (+) | v | + | v | + | + | + | + | + | nd | nd | + | + | + | + | + |
H2S production | - | - | - | + | - | + | + | - | + | (-) | - | v | - | + | - | - | - | - | - | v | - | - | - | + | - | nd | - | - | - | + | + | + |
Growth in/at/on: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1% glycine | v | + | + | + | + | + | v | (-) | v | + | + | v | (+) | + | + | - | (-) | + | - | v | - | + | v | + | + | + | (+) | + | - | + | + | - |
2% NaCl | - | nd | + | + | + | + | - | (-) | nd | v | v | + | - | - | - | nd | - | - | - | nd | - | + | - | - | + | (+) | + | - | - | nd | nd | nd |
3.5% NaCl | - | nd | - | v | + | nd | - | - | nd | - | - | - | - | - | - | nd | - | - | nd | - | nd | nd | - | - | - | nd | - | - | nd | nd | nd | nd |
MacConkey Agar | - | - | (+) | v | v | - | (+) | - | nd | (+) | - | + | v | v | - | + | V | - | - | + | - | - | - | nd | - | nd | (-) | - | w | + | nd | nd |
TTC 0.04% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | nd | V | - | - | + | - | + | nd | - | + | - | nd | v | - | - | nd | + | nd | nd | v | - | nd | nd | nd |
25°C, microaerobic | - | - | - | - | - | nd | - | - | + | - | - | - | - | (-) | - | - | + | - | - | - | - | + | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | + | + | + |
37°C, microaerobic | + | + | - | + | + | + | + | + | + | v | - | v | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
42°C, microaerobic | + | (-) | v | + | v | + | + | (+) | - | v | (-) | v | + | + | + | + | - | + | + | + | (+) | - | + | - | + | + | + | + | + | + | - | - |
37°C, anaerobic | w | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | - | - | - | + | V | - | - | + | - | + | - | - | - | nd | + | - | + | + | + | + |
37°C, aerobic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
H2 requirement | - | + | + | - | + | - | + | + | - | + | + | + | - | v | - | - | - | - | v | - | - | - | - | nd | - | nd | - | - | nd | - | - | - |
*test results differ between biovars.