TABLE 2.
Characteristics of Roseomonas strain isolated from peritoneal fluid compared to those of other strainsa
| Test | R. gilardiib | R. cervicalisb | R. fauriaeb | Genomospeciesb
|
Present strainc | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| Arginine dihydrolase | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Ornithine decarboxylase | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Lysine decarboxylase | − | − | − | − | − | − | |
| Citrate | + | V | V | − | V | + | + |
| Esculin hydrolysis | − | − | + | − | − | + | + |
| ONPGd | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| H2S production | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Nitrate reduction | − | − | + | + | − | + | + |
| Indole production | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Acid production from: | |||||||
| Arabinose | V | V | + | V | V | − | + |
| Xylose | V | V | + | + | V | − | + |
| Glucose | V | − | V | − | − | − | − |
| Lactose | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Raffinose | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Sucrose | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Rhamnose | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Adonitol | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | − |
| Inositol | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | − |
| Mannitol | V | − | − | − | − | − | − |
a
Data from reference 7.
b
+, ≥95% of strains positive; −, ≤5% of strains negative; V, variable; NA, not available.
c
+, positive at 48 h; −, negative at 48 h.
d
ONPG, o-nitrophenyl-β-d-galactopyranoside.