Table 2. Differential characteristics of Alistipes strains.†
From: Non contiguous-finished genome sequence and description of Alistipes obesi sp. nov.
Properties | A. obesi | A. timonensis | A. senegalensis | A. putredinis | A. finegoldii | A. shahii | A. indistinctus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cell diameter (µm) | 0.61 | 0.62 | 0.56 | 0.40 | 0.20 | 0.15 | 0.60 |
Oxygen requirement | anaerobic | anaerobic | anaerobic facultative | anaerobic | anaerobic | anaerobic | anaerobic |
Gram stain | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
Salt requirement | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
Motility | + | − | − | − | na | na | na |
Endospore formation | na | na | na | − | − | na | − |
Production of | |||||||
Alkaline phosphatase | + | na | na | na | + | + | + |
Acid phosphatase | + | na | na | na | + | + | w |
Catalase | + | + | + | var | − | − | + |
Oxidase | − | − | − | na | na | na | − |
Nitrate reductase | − | na | na | − | − | − | − |
Urease | − | na | na | na | na | na | − |
α-galactosidase | + | + | w | − | + | + | + |
β-galactosidase | + | + | w | − | + | + | + |
β-glucuronidase | − | + | w | na | na | − | +/− |
α-glucosidase | − | na | na | na | + | + | + |
Esterase | + | na | na | na | + | w | w |
Esterase lipase | + | na | na | na | + | w | w |
Indole | − | w | w | + | + | + | − |
N-acetyl-β-glucosaminidase | + | w | na | − | + | + | + |
Arginine arylamidase | − | na | w | na | na | na | − |
glutamic acid decarboxylase | na | + | na | + | na | na | − |
Leucyl glycine arylamidase | + | + | + | na | na | + | + |
Alanine arylamidase | + | + | + | na | na | + | + |
Proline arylamidase | − | na | + | na | na | na | − |
Glycine arylamidase | − | na | w | na | na | na | − |
Utilization of | |||||||
D-mannose | − | − | + | na | na | + | |
Habitat | human gut | human gut | human gut | human | human gut | Human gut | Human gut |
var: variable | |||||||
w: weak | |||||||
na: data not available | |||||||
+/−: depending on tests used |