Table 2. Differential characteristics of Holdemania massiliensis strain AP2T, Holdemania filiformis strain ATCC 51649, Solobacterium moorei strain CCUG 39336 and Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae strain ATCC 19414T.
From: Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Holdemania massiliensis sp. nov.
Properties | H. massiliensis | H. filiformis | S. moorei | E. rhusiopathiae |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cell diameter (µm) | 0.57 | 1.0–1.2 | 0.8–1.4 | 0.8–2.5 |
Oxygen requirement | anaerobic | anaerobic | anaerobic | facultative anaerobes |
Pigment production | + | − | − | − |
Gram stain | + | + | + | + |
Salt requirement | − | − | − | − |
Motility | − | − | − | − |
Peptidoglycan type | na | B1δ (L-Ala)-D-Glu-L-Asp-L-Lys- | na | B1δ (L-Ala)-D-Glu-Gly-L-Lys |
Endospore formation | − | − | − | − |
Production of | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Acid phosphatase | Â | na | na | + |
Catalase | + | − | na | − |
Oxidase | − | na | na | − |
Nitrate reductase | − | − | − | − |
Urease | − | na | na | na |
β-galactosidase | + | na | na | − |
N-acetyl-glucosamine | − | na | na | + |
Acid from | Â | Â | Â | Â |
L-Arabinose | − | w | − | − |
Ribose | + | w | + | − |
Mannose | + | w | − | w |
Mannitol | + | w | − | − |
Sucrose | − | + | − | w/- |
D-glucose | + | + | + | + |
D-fructose | + | + | + | + |
D-maltose | + | w | + | + |
D-lactose | + | w | − | + |
Hydrolysis of gelatin | na | − | − | + |
G+C content (mol%) | 47.1 | 50.2 | 36.8 | 36.6 |
Habitat | human gut | human gut | human gut | animal feces, environmental, human infection |