Table 2. Diagnostic traits differentiating five Kurthia species.
From: Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Kurthia senegalensis sp. nov.
Characteristic | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gelatin hydrolysis | + | w | − | − | − |
N-acetyl-glucosamine assimilation | − | + | − | + | − |
D-maltose assimilation | + | − | − | − | − |
potassium gluconate assimilation | + | + | − | − | − |
capric acid assimilation | − | + | − | − | − |
trisodium citrate assimilation | + | − | − | − | − |
alkaline phosphatase | − | + | + | w | + |
esterase (C4) | + | + | + | w | w |
esterase lipase (C8) | + | + | + | w | w |
valine arylaminidase | w | − | − | + | − |
cystine arylaminidase | + | − | + | − | − |
trypsin | − | w | − | − | − |
α-chemotrypsin | w | w | − | + | − |
naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase | − | − | − | − | + |
α-glucosidase | + | − | − | − | − |