| Enterococcus asini |
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Phylum Firmicutes, Class Bacilli, Order Lactobacillales, Family Enterococcaceae, Genus Enterococcus, Enterococcus asini de Vaux
et al. 1998.
et al. 1998.
Gram-positive cocci, elongated, occuring mostly in pairs or short chains. Nonmotile.
Nonpigmented. Facultatively anaerobic. Can grow at 40 ºC, but growth at 10 and 45 ºC
is weak. Strains survive heating at 60 ºC for 30 minutes. No growth in 6.5 % NaCl.
Grow in a 40% bile M17 broth.
is weak. Strains survive heating at 60 ºC for 30 minutes. No growth in 6.5 % NaCl.
Grow in a 40% bile M17 broth.
Isolated from cecal contents of donkeys (Equus asinus).
Unknown.
- Albane de Vaux, Gisele Laguerre, Charles Divies and Herve Prevost: Enterococcus asini sp. nov. isolated from the caecum of donkeys
(Equus asinus). Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998 48: 383-387. - Pavel Švec and Luc A. Devriese, 2009: Genus I. Enterococcus (ex Thiercelin and Jouhaud 1903) Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz 1984,
32VP in Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Second Edition, Volume Three, Vos, P.D.; Garrity, G.; Jones, D.; Krieg, N.R.;
Ludwig, W.; Rainey, F.A.; Schleifer, K.-H.; Whitman, W.B. (Eds.), pp 594-606.
Positive results for esculin hydrolysis, hippurate hydrolysis, leucine arylaminidase,
pyrrolidonylarylaminidase beta-glucosidase acid production from: D-xylose, galactose,
D-glucose, D-fructose, D-mannose, N-acetyl-glucosamine, amygdalin, arbutin, salicin,
cellobiose, maltose, lactose, trehalose, starch & beta-gentibiose.
Negative results for alpha-galactosidase, beta-galactosidase, beta-glucuronidase, alkaline phosphatase, arginine dihydrolase, acid
production from: glycerol, erythritol, arabinose, ribose, L-xylose, adonitol, methyl alpha-D-glucoside, L-sorbose, dulcitol, inositol,
mannitol, sorbitol, methyl alpha - D - mannoside, melibiose, sucrose, inulin, melezitose, D-raffinose, glycogen, xylitol, D-turanose,
D-lyxose, D-tagatose, fucose, arabitol, gluconate, 2-ketogluconate & 5-ketogluconate.
Variable results for rhamnose acidification (weak positive).
pyrrolidonylarylaminidase beta-glucosidase acid production from: D-xylose, galactose,
D-glucose, D-fructose, D-mannose, N-acetyl-glucosamine, amygdalin, arbutin, salicin,
cellobiose, maltose, lactose, trehalose, starch & beta-gentibiose.
Negative results for alpha-galactosidase, beta-galactosidase, beta-glucuronidase, alkaline phosphatase, arginine dihydrolase, acid
production from: glycerol, erythritol, arabinose, ribose, L-xylose, adonitol, methyl alpha-D-glucoside, L-sorbose, dulcitol, inositol,
mannitol, sorbitol, methyl alpha - D - mannoside, melibiose, sucrose, inulin, melezitose, D-raffinose, glycogen, xylitol, D-turanose,
D-lyxose, D-tagatose, fucose, arabitol, gluconate, 2-ketogluconate & 5-ketogluconate.
Variable results for rhamnose acidification (weak positive).
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