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Table 5 Phenotypic characteristics of the tested Bifidobacterium species: 67:Bifidobacterium sp. RBL67; 68: Bifidobacterium sp. RBL68; 70:Bifidobacterium sp. RBL70; 21689:B. thermacidophilum subsp.porcinum LMG21689T; 21395: B. thermacidophilum subsp.thermacidophilum LMG21395T; 20210: B. thermophilum DSM20210T; 10140: B. animalis subsp. lactis DSM10140T

From: Classification of a moderately oxygen-tolerant isolate from baby faeces as Bifidobacterium thermophilum

 

67

68

70

21689

21395

20210

10140

L-arabinose

-

-

-

-

+

-

+

D-ribose

-

-

-

D

-

-

+

D-galactose

D

+

D

+

+

+

+

D-fructose

+

+

+

+

-

+

D

D-mannose

-

-

-

-

-

-

D

Methyl-AD-mannopyranoside

D

-

-

-

-

D

-

Methyl-AD-glucopyranoside

+

D

-

+

+

+

+

Amygdalin

-

-

-

-

D

+

+

Arbutin

D

-

-

D

D

+

-

Esculin ferric citrate

+

D

-

+

D

+

+

Salicin

-

-

-

D

D

+

+

D-lactose (bovine)

-

-

-

+

-

w

+

D-trehalose

-

-

D

W

-

D

-

Inulin

w

D

w

-

-

D

-

Gentiobiose

-

-

-

-

-

+

D

D-melezitose

-

-

D

-

-

D

-

Minimum growth temp. (°C)

≤25

≤25

n. d.

≤25

≤25

≤25

≤25

Maximum growth temp. (°C)

47

47

47

47

49

47

46

Minimum growth pH

≤4

≤4.5

≤4

≤4.5

≤4.5

≤4.2

≤4.5

DNA G+C content (mol-%)

59.7

n. d.

n. d.

61.5

57.7

60

61.9

  1. +, positive reaction; -, negative reaction; w, weak reaction; D, variable reaction → colour could not be assigned to either yellow or blue; n. d.: not determined
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