Table 2. Differential phenotypic characteristics of seven Aeromicrobium strains†.
From: Genome sequence and description of Aeromicrobium massiliense sp. nov.
A. massiliense | A. marinum | A. fastidiosum | A. alkaliterrae | A. flavum | A. erythreum | A. tamlense | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cell morphology | Rods | Rods | Rods, cocci | Rods, cocci | Irregular rods | Irregular rods, cocci | Irregular rods |
Motility | + | − | + | + | − | − | − |
Catalase | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
Oxidase | − | + | + | − | − | − | − |
Nitrate reduction | + | − | − | − | + | − | + |
Indole production | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
Glucose fermentation | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
Urease | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
Hydrolysis | |||||||
Esculin | + | − | w | − | − | + | − |
Gelatin | + | − | + | w | − | + | − |
Utilization of | |||||||
Glucose | + | − | + | + | + | + | + |
Arabinose | − | − | + | − | − | + | − |
Mannose | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
Mannitol | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
N-actetyl-glucosamine | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
API ZYM | |||||||
Alkaline phosphatase | − | w | + | + | w | w | w |
Esterase (C4) | + | w | + | na | w | w | w |
Esterase lipase (C8) | + | + | + | + | w | + | + |
Lipase (C14) | − | − | − | na | − | − | − |
Leucine arylaminidase | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
Valine arylaminidase | w | − | w | − | − | − | + |
Cystine arylaminidase | − | − | − | − | − | − | + |
Acid phosphatase | − | − | + | + | − | + | + |
Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase | − | − | + | w | − | − | − |
β-glucuronidase | w | − | − | − | − | − | − |
α-glucosidase | + | − | + | + | + | + | + |
β-glucosidase | + | − | − | − | w | − | w |
DNA G+ C content | 72.49 | 70.6 | 71–72 | 71.5 | 73.3 | 71–73 | 72.7 |
Isolated from | Human stools | German sea | Herbage | Alkaline soil | Air | Tropical soil | Dried seaweed |