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. 2021 Oct 21;71(10):005050. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005050

Table 1.

Comparison of enzyme activity profiles of oral and gastrointestinal Treponema type strains from human, porcine and bovine hosts using the API ZYM system

Enzymes tested: 1, alkaline phosphatase; 2, C4 esterase; 3, C8 esterase lipase; 4, C14 lipase; 5, leucine arylamidase; 6, valine arylamidase; 7, cystine arylamidase; 8, trypsin; 9, chymotrypsin; 10, acid phosphatase; 11, naphtholphohydrolase; 12, α-galactosidase; 13, β-galactosidase; 14, β-glucuronidase; 15, α-glucosidase; 16, β-glucosidase; 17, N-acetyl-β-glucosaminidase; 18, α-mannosidase; 19, α-fucosidase. +, Positive; −, negative.

Species/subspecies

Strain

Presence of enzyme activity

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

Treponema peruense

RCC2812T

+

+

+

+

+

Treponema succinifaciens

DSM 2489T

+

+

+

+

+

−/+

Treponema rectale*

DSM 103679T

+

+

+

Treponema ruminis

DSM 103462T

+

+

+

+

Treponema parvum

ATCC 700770T

+

+

+

+

+

+

Treponema berlinense

ATCC BAA-909T

+

+

Treponema porcinum

ATCC BAA-908T

+

+

+

+

Treponema pedis §

DSM 18691T

+

+

+

+

Treponema medium §

ATCC 700293T

+

+

+

+

+

Treponema brennaborense ||

DSM 12168T

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

Treponema pectinovorum

ATCC 33768T

+

+

+

+

Treponema socranskii subsp.

Socranskii¶

ATCC 35536T

+

+

+

+

Treponema socranskii subsp.

Buccale

ATCC 35534T

+

+

+

+

+

+

Treponema socranskii subsp.

Paredis¶

ATCC 35535T

+

+

+

+

+

Treponema maltophilum¶

ATCC 51939T

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

Treponema amylovorum #

ATCC 700288T

+

+

+

+

+

Treponema denticola **

ATCC 35405T

+

+

+

Treponema putidum **

ATCC 700334T

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

Treponema lecithinolyticum ††

ATCC 700332T

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

API ZYM data previously reported by *Evans et al. [18]; †Wyss et al. [28]; ‡Nordhoff et al. [29]; §Evans et al. [30]; ||Schrank et al. [31]; ¶Wyss et al. [32]; #Wyss et al. [33]; **Wyss et al. [34]; ††Wyss et al. [35].