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. 2001 Apr;39(4):1416–1421. doi: 10.1128/JCM.39.4.1416-1421.2001

TABLE 1.

Biochemical reactions of 32 strains of P. marneffeia

Biotype Strain HIVb CYCc UREc ONPGc Assimilationc
Fermentationd
KNO3 Glucose Lactose Galactosee Maltose Sucrose Trehalose Xylose Glycerol Raffinose Cellobiose Melibiose Inositol Rhamnose Arabinose Ribose Mannitol Salicin Glucose Lactose Maltose Sucrose Galactose Trehalose
1 PM1 + + + + + + + + + A
PM22 + + + + + + + + + A
PM27 + + + + + + + + + + A
PM30 + + + + + + + + + + A
PM31 + + + + + + + + + + A
PM32 + + + + + + + + + + A
2 PM6 + + + + + + + + + + + A
PM12 ? + + + + + + + + + + A
PM13 + + + + + + + + + + A
PM16 ? + + + + + + + + + + A
PM26 + + + + + + + + + + + A
PM28 + + + + + + + + + + + A
3 PM4 + + + + + + + + A
PM14 + + + + + + + + + A
PM15 ? + + + + + + + + A
4 PM20 + + + + + + + A
PM21 + + + + + + + A
PM24 + + + + + + + A
5 PM19 + + + + + + + + + A
PM25 + + + + + + + + + A
6 PM2 + + + + + + + + + + A A
7 PM3 + + + + + + + + + + A A A
8 PM5 + + + + + + + + A
9 PM7 + + + + + + + + + A
10 PM8 + + + + + + + + + + A A
11 PM9 + + + + + + + A A A A
12 PM10 + + + + + + + + + A
13 PM11 + + + + + + + + + A A
14 PM17 + + + + + + + + A A
15 PM18 + + + + + + + + + A A
16 PM23 + + + + + + + + + + A A
17 PM29 + + + + + + + + + + A A
a

HIV, HIV status of patient; CYC, resistance to cycloheximide; URE, urease; ONPG, β-galactosidase. 

b

+, positive; −, negative; ?, unknown. 

c

+, positive; −, negative. 

d

−, no change in acidity of medium; A, acid formation but no gas formation. 

e

See text for discussion.