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. 2020 Jan 10;15(1):e0227500. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227500

Table 2. Phenotypic characteristics differentiating FMV-PI isolates from the other Campylobacter species.

Taxa: 1—FMV-PI isolates (n = 5); 2—C. hominis; 3—C. gracilis; 4—C. sputorum; 5—C. ureolyticus; 6—C. corcagiensis; 7—C. mucosalis; 8—C. concisus; 9—C. pinnipediorum subsp. pinnipediorum; 10—C. curvus; 11—C. rectus; 12—C. showae; 13—C. coli; 14—C. hyointestinalis subsp. hyointestinalis; 15—C. jejuni subsp. jejuni; 16—C. lanienae; 17- C. fetus subsp. venerealis;; 18—C. hepaticus; 19—C. avium; 20—C. canadensis; 21—C. cuniculorum; 22—C. geochelonis; 23—C. helveticus; 24—C. insulaenigrae; 25—C. lari subsp. lari; 26—C. peloridis; 27—C. subantarcticus; 28—C. upsaliensis; 29—C. volucris; 30—C. blaseri; 31—C. iguaniorum; 32—C. ornithocola. Data for reference taxa were obtained from previous species descriptions [79,33,3547]. + 90–100%; (+) 75–89%; v 26–74%; (-) 11–25%; - 0–10%; nd–not determined; w—weakly positive.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
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.