| Enterococcus lemanii |
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Phylum Bacillota (Firmicutes), Class Bacilli, Order Lactobacillales, Family Enterococcaceae, Genus Enterococcus, Enterococcus
lemanii Cotta et al. 2013.
Lancefield A-G group antigens are not detected.
lemanii Cotta et al. 2013.
Lancefield A-G group antigens are not detected.
Gram-positive, ovoid-shaped cells, occuring in single cells, pairs, or short chains.
Non-motile.
Non-motile.
Colonies are whitish, 0.5-2 mm in diameter, non-haemolytic.Grows at at 10, 30, 37,
and 45 ºC. but slow growth is observed at 10 ºC. Grows in BHI with 6.5 % NaCl.
Facultatively anaerobic.
and 45 ºC. but slow growth is observed at 10 ºC. Grows in BHI with 6.5 % NaCl.
Facultatively anaerobic.
Isolated from a swine-manure storage pit.
Undetermined.
- Cotta MA, Whitehead TR, Falsen E, Moore E, Lawson PA. Erratum to: Two novel species Enterococcus lemanii sp. nov. and
Enterococcus eurekensis sp. nov., isolated from a swine-manure storage pit. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 103:1409-1418.
Description is based mostly on API 50CH, API Rapid ID32AN, and API Rapid ID32S results.
Positive results for alanine arylamidase, arginine arylamidase, alpha-chymotrypsin, esculin hydrolysis, alpha-glucosidase,
glycyl-tryptophan arylamidase, glycine arylamidase, histidine arylamidase, phenylalanine arylamidase, pyroglutamic acid
arylamidase, starch hydrolysis, serine arylamidase, tyrosine arylamidase, acid production from L-arabinose, N-acetylglucosamine,
cellobiose, esculin, fructose, galactose, glucose, gluconate (weak), maltose, mannitol, mannose, melibiose (weak), lactose,
raffinose (weak), rhamnose (weak), salicin, sucrose (weak), starch, trehalose (weak), D-turanose (weak), and D-xylose.
Negative results for alkaline phosphatase, arginine dihydrolase, catalase, coagulase, esterase (C4), esterase lipase (C8),
beta-glucosidase, beta-glucuronidase, glutamic acid decarboxylase, glutamyl glutamic acid arylamidase, hippurate hydrolysis, indole
production, lipase (C14), leucyl glycine arylamidase, alpha-mannosidase, nitrate reduction, oxidase, N-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase,
proline arylamidase, trypsin, urease, Voges-Proskauer reaction, acid production from D-arabitol, cyclodextrin, glycogen, melezitose,
pullulan, D-ribose, sorbitol, and tagatose.
Variable results for acid phosphatase, cystine arylamidase, alpha-fucosidase, alpha-galactosidase, beta-galactosidase,
N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, leucine arylamidase, beta-mannosidase, valine arylamidase, acid production from methyl
beta-D-glucopyranoside.
Positive results for alanine arylamidase, arginine arylamidase, alpha-chymotrypsin, esculin hydrolysis, alpha-glucosidase,
glycyl-tryptophan arylamidase, glycine arylamidase, histidine arylamidase, phenylalanine arylamidase, pyroglutamic acid
arylamidase, starch hydrolysis, serine arylamidase, tyrosine arylamidase, acid production from L-arabinose, N-acetylglucosamine,
cellobiose, esculin, fructose, galactose, glucose, gluconate (weak), maltose, mannitol, mannose, melibiose (weak), lactose,
raffinose (weak), rhamnose (weak), salicin, sucrose (weak), starch, trehalose (weak), D-turanose (weak), and D-xylose.
Negative results for alkaline phosphatase, arginine dihydrolase, catalase, coagulase, esterase (C4), esterase lipase (C8),
beta-glucosidase, beta-glucuronidase, glutamic acid decarboxylase, glutamyl glutamic acid arylamidase, hippurate hydrolysis, indole
production, lipase (C14), leucyl glycine arylamidase, alpha-mannosidase, nitrate reduction, oxidase, N-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase,
proline arylamidase, trypsin, urease, Voges-Proskauer reaction, acid production from D-arabitol, cyclodextrin, glycogen, melezitose,
pullulan, D-ribose, sorbitol, and tagatose.
Variable results for acid phosphatase, cystine arylamidase, alpha-fucosidase, alpha-galactosidase, beta-galactosidase,
N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, leucine arylamidase, beta-mannosidase, valine arylamidase, acid production from methyl
beta-D-glucopyranoside.
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