TABLE 3.
Characteristics differentiating unidentified strains
| Characteristic | Result for straina
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIP 100007 | CIP 100008 | CIP 100998 | CIP 101080 | CIP 102485 | Unnamed bacteria | CIP 102250 | CIP 102460 | CIP 102731 | |
| Growth: | |||||||||
| At 5, 41, 45°C | −, −, − | −, +, − | −, −, − | −, +, − | −, +, − | −, +, − | −, −, − | −, −, − | −, −, − |
| On Simmon's citrate | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | − | + |
| On malonate | − | + | + | + | + | + | − | − | − |
| Denitrification | + | − | + | − | − | − | + | + | + |
| Hydrolysis of: | |||||||||
| Hippurate | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| Tributyrin | + | + | − | + | + | + | − | − | − |
| Esculin | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | + |
| Production of H2S | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | + | + |
| Activity of: | |||||||||
| Gamma-glutamyltransferase | + | + | + | − | + | + | + | + | + |
| Urease | + | − | − | − | + | + | + | + | + |
| Phenylalanine desaminase | − | − | − | − | + | − | + | + | + |
| Tween 80-esterase | + | + | − | + | + | + | ND | ND | ND |
| Lipase | − | + | − | − | − | + | − | − | − |
| Lecithinase | − | − | − | − | + | + | − | − | − |
| Protease | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | − |
a
CIP 100007, CIP 100008, CIP 100998, CIP 101080, and CIP 102485 were identified as Alcaligenes; CIP 102250, CIP 102460, and CIP 102731 were identified as Agrobacterium; and the unnamed bacteria (CIP 104521, CIP 104522, CIP 104523, and CIP 104524) were not identified at all and had the same responses in the conventional tests. All the strains were from the CIP. ND, not determined.