Table 2.

Phenotypic characteristics of Campylobacter novaezeelandiae sp. nov. as compared to other Campylobacter taxa

Taxa: 1, Campylobacter novaezeelandiae sp. nov. (n=6); 2, C. armoricus ; 3, C. blaseri ; 4, C. avium ; 5, C. canadensis ; 6, C. coli ; 7, C. concisus ; 8, C. corcagiensis ; 9, C.cuniculorum; 10, C. curvus ; 11, C. fetus subsp. fetus ; 12, C. fetus subsp. testudinum ; 13, C. fetus subsp. venerealis ; 14, C. geochelonis ; 15, C. gracilis ; 16, C. helveticus ; 17, C. hepaticus ; 18, C. hominis ; 19, C. hyointestinalis subsp. hyointestinalis ; 20, C. hyointestinalis subsp. lawsonii ; 21, C. iguaniorum ; 22, C. insulaenigrae ; 23, C.jejuni subsp. doylei; 24, C. jejuni subsp. jejuni ; 25, C. lanienae ; 26, C. lari subsp. concheus ; 27, C. lari subsp. lari ; 28, C. mucosalis ; 29, C. ornithocola ; 30, C. peloridis ;31, C. pinnipediorum subsp. caledonicus ; 32, C. pinnipediorum subsp. pinnipediorum ; 33, C. rectus ; 34, C. showae ; 35, C. sputorum ; 36, C. subantarcticus ; 37, C.upsaliensis; 38, C. ureolyticus ; 39, C. volucris . +, All strains examined give a positive result; –, strains examined give a negative result; U, unknown; F, 7–28 % strains positive; V, 29–69 % strains positive; M, 70–95 % strains positive; D, unable to be determined; w, weak.

Characteristic	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Motility	+		–	+	+	+	+	–	+	+	+	+	+	+	–	+	+	–	+	+
Oxidase	+	+	+	+	+	+	V	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	–	+	+	+	+	+
Catalase	+	+	+	w	V	+	–	+	+	–	+	+	M	+	V	–	+	–	+	+
Urease	–	+	+	–	V	–	–	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nitrate reduction	+	–	+	+	V	+	F	M	+	+	+	+	M	+	M	+	V	–	+	+
Hippurate hydrolysis	–	–	–	+	–	–	–	–	–	F	–	–	–	+	–	–	M	–	–	–
Indoxyl acetate hydrolysis	+	–	+	+	–	+	–	V	+	V	–	–	–	–	M	+	+	–	–	–
Alkaline phosphatase	–	–	+	–	–	–	M	+	–	V	–	–	–	–	–	–	U	–	–	F
H2S production TSI	–	U	+	–	V	–	–	+	–	F	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	+	+
Alpha haemolysis	+	–	–	–	–	F	F	–	+	F	–	–	V	–	–	+	–	–	V	F
Growth 25 °C microaerobic	–	–	+	–	–	–	–	U	–	–	+	+	+	+	–	–	–	–	F	–
Growth 37 °C microaerobic	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	V	+	+	+	+	–	+	+	–	+	+
Growth 42 °C microaerobic	+	+	+	+	+	+	M	+	M	V	M	V	–	–	M	+	+	–	+	+
Growth 37 °C anaerobic	+	+	+	–	+	–	+	+	–	+	F	+	M	+	+	–	–	+	–	w
Growth 37 °C aerobic	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	V	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Growth on nutrient agar	+	U	U	–	–	+	F	w	+	+	M	U	M	U	+	M	+	U	+	+
Growth on MacConkey	–	U	+	–	+	V	–	–	–	M	M	M	V	–	M	–	–	–	V	V
R to nalidixic acid (30 µg)	-*	–	–	–	V	–	M	+	V	+	+	+	V	+	V	–	V	V	+	+
R to cephalothin (30 µg)	+	R	–	+	–	+	–	–	M	–	–	U	–	–	–	–	M	–	F	–
H2 requirement	–	–	–	V	–	–	+	–	–	+	–	–	–	–	+	–	–	+	–	U
DNA G+C content (mol%)	27.4	28	29	35	U	31	37–41	31.9	32.4	45–46	33–35	33	33–34	33.6	44–46	34	27.9	32–33	34–36	31–33
Selenite reduction	–	V	U	–	U	+	F	U	–	–	M	U	F	–	–	–	U	–	+	+
Growth on 2 % NaCl	+	–	U	–	–	–	F	+	–	V	–	U	F	+	–	F	–	U	–	–
Growth on 1 % glycine	+	+	w	–	V	M	F	+	–	+	+	+	F	+	+	V	+	+	+	F
Growth on 0.04 % TTC	F	V	U	+	U	+	–	–	V	+	–	+	–	–	–	–	+	–	F	–
TTC reduction	F	V	U	–	U	+	–	–	V	M	–	+	–	–	–	–	U	–	F	–

Characteristic	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39
Motility	U	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	U	U	U	U	+	+	+	+	+	–	+
Oxidase	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	–	+	+	+	+	V	+	+	+	+	+
Catalase	+	+	M	+	+	+	+	–	+	+	–	+	F	+	V†	+	–	F	+
Urease	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	+	U	+	+	–	–	V‡	U	–	+	U
Nitrate reduction	+	+	–	+	+	+	+	F	V	U	+	+	+	+	M	U	+	+	+
Hippurate hydrolysis	–	–	+	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Indoxyl acetate hydrolysis	–	–	+	+	–	U	F	–	–	U	–	–	+	V	–	–	+	V	–
Alkaline phosphatase	U	U	–	–	+	U	–	–	–	U	U	U	–	–	–	U	–	–	–
H2S production TSI	+	–	–	–	–	U	–	+	–	U	+	+	–	V	+	–	–	–	–
Alpha haemolysis	+	nd	+	+	+	U	M	F	–	U	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	V	U
Growth 25 °C microaerobic	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	U	+	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Growth 37 °C microaerobic	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	–	V	+	+	+	+	+
Growth 42 °C microaerobic	–	–	–	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	–	–	w	V	M	+	M	V	+
Growth 37 °C anaerobic	w	–	–	–	w	U	–	+	+	U	+	+	+	+	+	+	–	+	+
Growth 37 °C aerobic	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	U	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Growth on nutrient agar	U	+	+	+	U	+	+	+	U	+	U	U	F	V	M	–	+	M	–
Growth on MacConkey	U	U	–	–	U	U	U	M	U	U	U	U	–	+	V	F	–	V	w
R to nalidixic acid (30 µg)	+	+	–	–	+	–	M	M	U	M	–	–	M	–	M	+	–	–	+
R to cephalothin (30 µg)	–	+	–	+	+	+	+	–	U	F	–	–	–	–	–	–	F	–	+
H2 requirement	–	–	–	–	U	U	–	+	–	U	–	–	+	+	–	U	–	+	–
DNA G+C content (mol%)	36	U	28–30	30–31	36	30	31–33	38–39	29.5	29	31	30	45–46	44–46	30–33	30	32–35	28–30	29
Selenite reduction	U	U	–	M	U	U	V	F	U	U	U	U	–	–	U	–	+	–	+
Growth on 2 % NaCl	U	–	–	–	–	+	+	–	U	M	U	U	M	+	+	+	–	+	–
Growth on 1 % glycine	+	+	F	M	–	+	+	V	+	+	–	V	M	V	+	M	+	+	–
Growth on 0.04 % TTC	U	U	V	M	U	U	M	–	U	U	U	U	–	–	–	U	–	+	–
TTC reduction	U	U	V	M	U	U	M	–	U	U	U	U	–	–	–	U	–	–	–