Table 4.
Phenotypic characteristics of the S. kloosii type strain (NCTC 12415) [21], three confirmed S. kloosii isolates from bats, three S. lloydii sp. nov. isolates from fruit bats and one S. durrellii sp. nov. isolate from a fruit bat
+, All isolates positive; −, all isolates negative; v, variable (33–66 % of strains positive); nd, not done.
|
Characteristic |
S. kloosii type strain (NCTC 12415) |
S. kloosii (n=3) |
S. lloydii sp. nov. (n=3) |
S. durrellii sp. nov. (n=1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
DNase |
− |
− |
− |
− |
|
Beta-haemolysis |
− |
− |
− |
− |
|
Oxidase |
− |
− |
− |
− |
|
Acetoin (Vokes–Proskauer) |
− |
− |
+ |
− |
|
Urease |
+ |
+ |
− |
− |
|
Arginine dihydrolase |
− |
− |
− |
− |
|
Ornithine decarboxylase |
− |
− |
− |
− |
|
Aesculin hydrolysis |
− |
− |
− |
− |
|
d-Glucose |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
|
d-Fructose |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
|
d-Mannose |
− |
− |
− |
− |
|
Maltose |
+/− |
+ |
+ |
− |
|
Lactose |
+/− |
v |
− |
− |
|
Trehalose |
+/− |
+ |
v |
+ |
|
d-Mannitol |
+/− |
+ |
v |
+ |
|
Raffinose |
− |
− |
− |
− |
|
d-Ribose |
+ |
− |
− |
− |
|
Cellobiose |
− |
− |
− |
− |
|
Nitrate reduction |
− |
− |
− |
− |
|
Beta-galactosidase |
+ |
+ |
− |
− |
|
Arginine arylamidase |
− |
v |
v |
− |
|
Alkaline phosphatase |
+ |
+ |
v |
+ |
|
Pyrrolidonyl arylamidase |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
|
Novobiocin resistance |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
|
Polymyxin B resistance |
nd |
− |
− |
− |
|
Sucrose fermentation |
− |
− |
− |
− |
|
N-Acetyl-glucosamine fermentation |
− |
− |
v |
− |
|
Turanose fermentation |
− |
− |
− |
− |
|
l-Arabinose fermentation |
+/− |
v |
− |
− |
|
Beta-glucuronidase |
+ |
v |
− |
+ |