Table 1.
Phenotypic characteristics to differentiate the three novel isolates (12-5202T, 12–5291 and 13-1151-1) from phylogenetically related Streptococcus type strains
| Characteristics | Strains | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12–5202T | 12-5291 | 13-1151-1 | S. acidominimus CCUG 27296T | S. cuniculi CCUG 65085T | |
| Conventional tests | |||||
| Acid from: | |||||
| Melibiose | w+* | − | w+ | w+ | − |
| Sorbitol | − | − | − | + | + |
| Rapid Strep ID 32 | |||||
| β-Glucuronidase | + | + | + | + | − |
| α-Galactosidase | − | − | − | − | + |
| Sorbitol | − | − | − | + | + |
| d-Arabitol | − | − | − | + | − |
| Raffinose | + | − | + | + | − |
*+, Positive, −, negative, w+, weakly positive. The data in this table were generated in the CDC Streptococcus Laboratory.