TABLE 1.
Phenotypic characteristics of an N. dassonvillei blood isolate
| Characteristic or test | Result(s) for isolate(s) in:
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Present work | Type strainsa | |
| Aerial hyphae | + | |
| Color of: | ||
| Aerial mycelium | White | White, yellow, grey |
| Substrate mycelium | Dark brown | Brown, orange, yellow |
| Fragmentation with arthrospores | + | + |
| Motile spores | − | − |
| Acid fastness | − | − |
| Growth in: | ||
| Lysozyme | − | − |
| Anaerobiose | − | − |
| Catalase production | + | + |
| Urease activity | − | vb |
| Nitrate reductase activity | + | v |
| Hydrolysis of: | ||
| Gelatin | + | + |
| Esculin | + | v |
| Carbon substrate assimilation tests | ||
| d-Glucose | + | + |
| d-Galactose | + | v |
| d-Trehalose | + | + |
| Sucrose | + | + |
| Maltose | + | v |
| d-Cellobiose | + | + |
| d-Xylose | + | + |
| d-Mannitol | + | + |
| d-Gluconate | + | + |
| l-Rhamnose | + | v |
| Raffinose | − | − |
| Myoinositol | − | − |
| Hydroxybenzoate | − | − |
| G+C DNA content (mol%) | 66.9 ± 0.27 | |