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. 2021 May 17;71(5):004795. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004795

Table 3.

Summary of the phenotypic characteristics of the novel Listeria species compared to previously reported characteristics of other species

Taxa: Lcs, L. cossartiae (this study); Lfr, L. farberi (this study); Lim, L. immobilis (this study); Lpo, L. portnoyi (this study); Lru, L. rustica (this study); Lmo, L. monocytogenes [15, 23]; Lma, L. marthii [6, 23]; Lin, L. innocua [15, 23]; Lws, L. welshimeri [15, 23]; Liv, L. ivanovii [4, 15, 23]; Lse, L. seeligeri [15, 23]; Lgy, L. grayi [15, 23]; Lfc, L.fleischmannii [7, 8, 10]; Lgo, L. goaensis [12]; Lfl, L. floridensis [10]; Lth, L. thailandensis [13]; Lva, L. valentina [14]; Lco, L. costaricensis [11]; Laq, L. aquatica [10]; Lny, L. newyorkensis [15]; Lcn, L. cornellensis [10]; Lro, L. rocourtiae [1, 8]; Lwp, L. weihenstephanensis [10, 17]; Lgd, L. grandensis [10]; Lri, L. riparia [10]; Lbo, L. booriae [15]. +, Positive; (+), weak positive; V, variable between replicates and/or strains; V!, variable between studies; V†, L. cossartiae subsp. cossartiae does not ferment ribose and subsp. cayugensis strains are variable for ribose fermentation; V*, characteristic that differentiates subspecies; L. ivanovii subsp. ivanovii ferments ribose while subsp. londoniensis does not ferment ribose; L. grayi subsp. grayi does not reduce nitrate and ferments methyl α-d-glucopyranoside, while subsp. murrayi reduces nitrate and does not ferment methyl α-d-glucopyranoside; L. fleischmannii subsp. fleischmannii ferments turanose, while subsp. coloradonensis does not ferment turanose; (α), alpha haemolysis observed; PI-PLC, phosphoinositide phospholipase C.

Novel species

Species described as of 5 October 2020

Characteristic

sensu stricto

sensu lato

sensu stricto

sensu lato

Lcs

Lfr

Lim

Lpo

Lru

Lmo

Lma

Lin

Lws

Liv

Lse

Lgy

Lfc

Lgo

Lfl

Lth

Lva

Lco

Laq

Lny

Lcn

Lro

Lwp

Lgd

Lri

Lbo

Voges–Proskauer

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

V

Nitrate reduction

+

+

V*

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

Motility

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

Haemolysis

+

+

+

+ (α)

PI-PLC

+

+

d-Arylamidase

+

+

+

V

V

+

+

⍺-Mannosidase

+

+

+

+

+

+

V

+

+

+

+

d-Arabitol

+

+

+

(+)

(+)

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

V

+

d-Xylose

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

l-Rhamnose

+

+

+

+

V

V

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

V

+

+

+

+

Methyl ⍺-d-Glucopyranoside

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

V*

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

Methyl ⍺-d-Mannopyranoside

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

d-Ribose

V†

+

V*

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

V

V

Glucose-1-Phosphate

V

d-Tagatose

+

V

+

+

Glycerol

+

V

V

+

+

+

+

V

+

(+)

(+)

+

+

V

+

V

+

+

V

+

l-Arabinose

+

+

+

+

+

V

+

+

d-Galactose

+

+

V

V

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

d-Glucose

+

+

+

+

+

V!

V!

V!

+

V!

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

l-Sorbose

V!

V!

V!

V!

V!

V!

Inositol

V

+

+

V

V

d-Mannitol

+

+

+

V

+

+

+

V

+

Maltose

+

+

V

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

Lactose

+

+

V

(+)

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

(+)

+

V!

+

+

Melibiose

V!

V!

V

V

+

V

+

Sucrose

V

+

+

+

+

+

V

+

Inulin

V!

V!

Melezitose

V

V

V

V

V

V

V

Turanose

+

V

V*

d-Lyxose

V

V

V

V

+

+

V