TABLE 1.
Characteristics differentiating strains 9670T and 9671 from existing Chryseobacterium species
| Characteristic | Test result fora:
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9670T and 9671b | C. gleum (n = 12)c | C. indologenes (n = 13)d | C. balustinum (n = 1)c | C. indoltheticum (n = 1)c | C. meningosepticum (n = 49)c | C. scophthalmum (n = 7)e | |
| G + C content (%)f | 37.1 (n = 2) | 37.6 ± 1.0 (n = 6) | 37.7 ± 0.3 (n = 3) | 33.1 (n = 1) | 33.8 (n = 1) | 37.0 ± 0.5 (n = 8) | 34.2 ± 0.4 (n = 7) |
| Acid production from: | |||||||
| Glucose | + | + | + | + | + | + | − |
| Sucrose | + | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Mannitol | + | − | 4/13g | − | − | 31/49 | − |
| Growth at 36–37°C | + | + | + | − | + | + | − |
| Growth on MacConkey agar | − | + | Vh | + | + | + | − |
| Nitrate reduction | − | 7/12 | V | + | − | − | − |
| Urease activity | − | 7/12 | − | − | − | 18/49 | + |
| Indole production | + | + | + | + | + | 24/49 | − |
| Malonate utilization | − | NAi | + | NA | NA | NA | NA |
a
n is the number of strains tested. +, all strains tested positive; −, all strains tested negative.
b
Results for strains 9670T and 9671 were from this study.
c
Data from Holmes et al. (11).
d
Data from Yabuuchi et al. (35).
e
Data from Mudarris et al. (24).
f
Mean ± standard deviation.
g
Number of strains positive/number of strains tested.
h
V, variable. The number of strains positive is not available.
i
NA, not available.