| Rothia nasimurium |
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Phylum Actinomycetota, Class Actinomycetes, Order Micrococcales, Family Micrococcaceae, Genus Rothia, Rothia nasimurium
Collins et al. 2000.
Species description is based on a single isolate.
Collins et al. 2000.
Species description is based on a single isolate.
Gram-positive cocci. Non-motile.
Colonies on Columbia blood agar base supplemented with 5% defribrinated horse
blood, incubated at 37 °C, are non-pigmented and produce a weak alpha-haemolysis.
Facultatively anaerobic.
blood, incubated at 37 °C, are non-pigmented and produce a weak alpha-haemolysis.
Facultatively anaerobic.
Isolated from the nose of a healthy mouse. Habitat is unknown.
Undetermined.
- Collins MD, Hutson RA, Baverud V, Falsen E. Characterization of a Rothia-like organism from a mouse: description of Rothia
nasimurium sp. nov. and reclassification of Stomatococcus mucilaginosus as Rothia mucilaginosa comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol
Microbiol 2000; 50:1247-1251.
Positive results for catalase, cystine arylamidase, esculin hydrolysis, ester lipase C-8, alpha-glucosidase, leucine arylamidase,
nitrate reduction, pyrazinamidase, trypsin (weak), valine arylamidase, acid production from glucose, lactose, maltose, methyl
beta-D-glucopyranoside, sucrose and trehalose.
Negative results for alkaline phosphatase, arginine dihydrolase, esterase C-4, alpha-fucosidase, alpha-galactosidase,
beta-glucosidase, beta-glucuronidase, hippurate hydrolysis, lipase C14, alpha- and beta-mannosidase, pyrrolydonyl arylamidase,
urease, Voges-Proskauer test, acid production from L-arabinose, D-arabitol, cyclodextrin, glycogen, mannitol, melibiose, melezitose,
N-acetylglucosamine, pullulan, raffinose, ribose, sorbitol, tagatose and D-xylose.
Variable results for acid phosphatase, chymotrypsin, pyroglutamic acid arylamidase, and beta-galactosidase.
nitrate reduction, pyrazinamidase, trypsin (weak), valine arylamidase, acid production from glucose, lactose, maltose, methyl
beta-D-glucopyranoside, sucrose and trehalose.
Negative results for alkaline phosphatase, arginine dihydrolase, esterase C-4, alpha-fucosidase, alpha-galactosidase,
beta-glucosidase, beta-glucuronidase, hippurate hydrolysis, lipase C14, alpha- and beta-mannosidase, pyrrolydonyl arylamidase,
urease, Voges-Proskauer test, acid production from L-arabinose, D-arabitol, cyclodextrin, glycogen, mannitol, melibiose, melezitose,
N-acetylglucosamine, pullulan, raffinose, ribose, sorbitol, tagatose and D-xylose.
Variable results for acid phosphatase, chymotrypsin, pyroglutamic acid arylamidase, and beta-galactosidase.
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