Table 1.
Differential characteristics of P. copri isolates
| isolates | Type strains | P. copri DSM 18205, reported by Hayashi, et al. (2007) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. copri complex clade | B | D | C | A | P. copri DSM 18205 (clade A) | B. thetaiotaomicron | B. ovatus | ||
| enzyme activities: | AQ1173 | A622 | AQ1179 | AA108 | AK1212 | ||||
| Alkaline phosphatase | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | NR |
| Esterase lipase (C8) | − | − | − | + | + | + | + | − | w |
| Leucine arylamidase | − | w | − | − | − | − | + | − | NR |
| alpha-galactosidase | + | + | + | + | + | w | w | w | + |
| beta-gal actosidase | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | − |
| beta-glucosidase | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | w | + |
| N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase | + | + | w | + | + | w | |||
| beta-galactosidase 6 phosphate | + | + | NR | ||||||
| alpha-arabinosidase | − | + | + | + | + | + | − | − | NR |
| alpha-fucosidase | − | w | + | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| gelatin hydrolysis | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| acid production from: | |||||||||
| glucose | ND | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| mannitol | ND | + | + | + | − | − | − | + | − |
| lactose | ND | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| sucrose | ND | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| maltose | ND | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| salicin | ND | + | + | + | − | − | − | + | + |
| xylose | ND | + | + | + | − | + | + | + | + |
| arabinose | ND | + | + | + | − | + | + | + | + |
| glycerol | ND | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| cellobiose | ND | + | + | + | + | + | − | + | + |
| mannose | ND | + | + | − | − | − | + | + | − |
| melezitose | ND | + | + | + | variable between 5 isolates | ||||
| raffinose | ND | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| sorbitol | ND | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| rhamnose | ND | + | − | − | − | + | + | + | + |
| trehalose | ND | + | − | − | − | − | + | + | − |
+, positive; −, negative; w, weak; ND, not detected; NR, not reported