Culture-dependent screening of endospore-forming clostridia in infant feces

BMC Microbiology

Table 3 Biochemical and phenotypic characterization of selected Eubacteriales isolates

Family/ Species	Strain	Glucose	Fructose	Galactose	Rhamnose	Mannose	Xylose	Arabinose	Mannitol	Sorbitol	Maltose	Lactose	Sucrose	Trehalose	Cellobiose	Raffinose	Melezitose	Urease	Nitrate	Salicin	N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidase	Β-glucosidase	Indol	Esculin	Hemolysis	Lecithinase	Catalase	Butyrate
*Clostridiaceae*
C. baratii	CP_BR1, CP_BR2	+	+	+	-	+	-	sv	sv	-	+	+	+	sv	+	sv	sv	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	ɑ	+	-	+
C. butyricum	CP_BR3, CP_BR4, CP_BR5	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	sv	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	sv	-	+	sv	+	-	sv	ɑ	-	-	+
C. jeddahense	CP_BR6	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	ɣ	-	-	+
C. paraputrificum	CP_BR7, CP_BR8, CP_BR9	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	sv	sv	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	-	-	ɑ	-	-	+
C. perfringens	CP_BR10, CP_BR11	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	β	+	-	sv
C. ramosum	CP_BR15, CP_BR16	+	+	+	sv	+	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	+	ɑ	-	-	-
C. tertium	CP_BR12, CP_BR13, CP_BR14	+	+	+	-	+	sv	sv	+	-	+	+	+	+	sv	+	sv	+	-	+	+	+	-	sv	ɣ	-	-	+
*Lachnospiraceae*
B. wexlerae	CP_BR25, CP_BR26	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	ɣ	-	-	+
C. symbiosum	CP_BR18, CP_BR19	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	sv	sv	sv	+	-	-	sv	-	+	-	-	sv	sv	-	-	ɑ	-	-	-
En. aldenensis	CP_BR20	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	ɑ	-	-	-
En. bolteae	CP_BR17	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	ɑ	-	-	-
*Oscillospiraceae*
F. plautii	CP_BR35	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	ɣ	-	-	+
*Peptostreptococcaceae*
Cl. difficile	CP_BR21, CP_BR22	+	+	+	-	sv	-	-	+	sv	+	+	+	+	sv	+	sv	-	-	+	sv	sv	-	sv	ɣ	-	-	+
E. tenue	CP_BR36, CP_BR37	+	-	-	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	ɣ	-	-	-
P. sordellii	CP_BR23, CP_BR24	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	sv	+	+	-	+	β	+	-	+

(+) – positive, (-) – negative, sv – strain variable (+/-), (α) – alpha hemolytic activity, (β) – beta hemolytic activity, (γ) – non-hemolytic

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