| Enterococcus florum |
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Phylum Bacillota (Firmicutes), Class Bacilli, Order Lactobacillales, Family Enterococcaceae, Genus Enterococcus, Enterococcus
florum Techo et al. 2019.
florum Techo et al. 2019.
Gram-positive, spherical or ovoid cells, 0.7–1 µm in diameter, occuring in pairs or
chains. Non-motile. Non-spore-forming.
chains. Non-motile. Non-spore-forming.
Colonies are circular, low-convex, white with entire margins, non-pigmented and
approximately 0.6-0.7 mm in diameter after incubation at 30 ºC for 2 days.
Alpha-haemolytic. Facultatively anaerobic. Grows at 10-45 ºC (optimally at 30-37 ºC),
at pH 6.0-10.0 (optimally at pH 7.0-7.5) and in 8% (w/v) NaCl.
approximately 0.6-0.7 mm in diameter after incubation at 30 ºC for 2 days.
Alpha-haemolytic. Facultatively anaerobic. Grows at 10-45 ºC (optimally at 30-37 ºC),
at pH 6.0-10.0 (optimally at pH 7.0-7.5) and in 8% (w/v) NaCl.
Isolated from a cotton flower (Gossypium hirsutum L.), in Thailand.
Undetermined.
- Techo S, Shiwa Y, Tanaka N, Fujita N, Miyashita M, Shibata C, Booncharoen A, Tanasupawat S. Enterococcus florum sp. nov.,
isolated from a cotton flower (Gossypium hirsutum L.). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2506-2513.
Positive results for acid and alkaline phosphatase, alpha-chymotrypsin, cystine arylamidase, esterase (C4), esterase lipase (C8),
alpha-fucosidase, alpha- and beta-galactosidase, alpha- and beta-glucosidase, beta-glucuronidase, leucine arylamidase, lipase
(C14), alpha-mannosidase, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase (weak), trypsin, valine arylamidase,
acid production from D-fructose, D-glucose, N-acetylglucosamine, and D-mannose.
Negative results for arginine dihydrolase, catalase, esculin hydrolysis, nitrate reduction, slime production from sucrose, production of
diacetyl, acid production from D-adonitol, amygdalin, D- and L-arabinose, D- and L-arabitol, arbutin, cellobiose, dulcitol, esculin,
erythriol, D- and L-fucose, D-galactose, gentiobiose, glycerol, glycogen, inositol, inulin, gluconate, 2- and 5-ketogluconate, lactose,
D-lyxose, maltose, D-mannitol, melezitose, methyl-alpha-D-glucopyranoside, methyl-alpha-D-mannopyranoside,
methyl-beta-D-xylopyranoside, raffinose, L-rhamnose, D-ribose, salicin, D-sorbitol, L-sorbose, starch, sucrose, D-tagatose,
trehalose, turanose, xylitol, D- and L-xylose.
alpha-fucosidase, alpha- and beta-galactosidase, alpha- and beta-glucosidase, beta-glucuronidase, leucine arylamidase, lipase
(C14), alpha-mannosidase, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase (weak), trypsin, valine arylamidase,
acid production from D-fructose, D-glucose, N-acetylglucosamine, and D-mannose.
Negative results for arginine dihydrolase, catalase, esculin hydrolysis, nitrate reduction, slime production from sucrose, production of
diacetyl, acid production from D-adonitol, amygdalin, D- and L-arabinose, D- and L-arabitol, arbutin, cellobiose, dulcitol, esculin,
erythriol, D- and L-fucose, D-galactose, gentiobiose, glycerol, glycogen, inositol, inulin, gluconate, 2- and 5-ketogluconate, lactose,
D-lyxose, maltose, D-mannitol, melezitose, methyl-alpha-D-glucopyranoside, methyl-alpha-D-mannopyranoside,
methyl-beta-D-xylopyranoside, raffinose, L-rhamnose, D-ribose, salicin, D-sorbitol, L-sorbose, starch, sucrose, D-tagatose,
trehalose, turanose, xylitol, D- and L-xylose.
(c) Costin Stoica
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