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. 1999 Dec;65(12):5443–5450. doi: 10.1128/aem.65.12.5443-5450.1999

TABLE 1.

Comparison of the physiological features of isolate BA with those of other organisms of the lactic acid bacteria group

Test	Results^a
Test	Isolate BA	C. piscicola^b	L. maltaromicus^c	L. acidophilus^c
Cell wall linkage	mDAP-direct	mDAP-direct	mDAP-direct	Lys-D-Asp
Catalase	−	−	−	−
Esculin	+	+	ND^d	+
Urease	−	−	ND	ND
Glucose	+	+	+	+
Ribose	+	+	+	−
Xylose	−	−	−	−
Mannose	+	+	+	+
Maltose	+	+	+	+
Lactose	+	+	+	+
Galactose	+	+	+	+
Trehalose	+	+	+	D^e
Sorbitol	+	−	+	+
Mellibiose	+	+	+	D
Raffinose	+	+	−	D
Inulin	+	+	ND	ND
Mannitol	+	+	+	−
Acetate	−	−	ND	+

^a

+, positive; −, negative.

^b

Data from reference 8.

^c

Data from reference 24.

^d

ND, not determined.

^e

D, 11 to 89% of strains are positive for this reaction.