| Actinomyces hominis |
Taxonomy
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Phylum Actinobacteria, Class Actinobacteria, Subclass Actibacteridae, Order Actynomycetales, Suborder Actinomycinae, Family
Actinomycetaceae, Genus Actinomyces, Actinomyces hominis Funke, Englert, Frodl, Bernard and Stenger 2010.
Species description is based on a single isolate.
Actinomycetaceae, Genus Actinomyces, Actinomyces hominis Funke, Englert, Frodl, Bernard and Stenger 2010.
Species description is based on a single isolate.
Gram-positive coryneform bacteria. Non-partially acid-fast. Non-spore-forming.
Non-motile.
Non-motile.
Colonies are white-greyish, convex, not lipophilic, 1.0 mm in diameter on Columbia
agar (Difco) supplemented with 5% horse blood after 72 h at 35 ºC in air plus 5%
CO2. CAMP test is positive. Facultative anaerobic.
agar (Difco) supplemented with 5% horse blood after 72 h at 35 ºC in air plus 5%
CO2. CAMP test is positive. Facultative anaerobic.
Isolated from a wound swab from a human patient. Susceptible to cefotaxime, doxyxycline, erythromycin, linezolid, meropenem,
penicillin and vancomycin.
penicillin and vancomycin.
Isolated from a wound swab taken from an 89-year-old female patient.
- Funke G., Englert R., Frodl R., Bernard K. A. and Stenger S., 2010. Actinomyces hominis sp. nov., isolated from a wound swab.
Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. Vol. 60, 1678-1681.
Description is based mostly on API CORYNE, API ZYM, and API 50CH results.
Positive results for acid and alkaline phosphatase, catalase, alpha- and beta-galactosidase, alpha-glucosidase, N-acetyl-beta-
glucosaminidase, alpha-mannosidase, nitrate reduction, leucine arylamidase, phosphoamidase, pyrazinamidase, acid production
from: D-adonitol, D- and L-arabitol, erythritol, fructose, galactose, D-glucose, glycogen, gluconate, glycerol, inositol, 5-ketogluconate,
mannose, maltose, melezitose, raffinose, ribose, starch, sucrose and turanose.
Negative results for cystine arylamidase, chymotrypsin, esterase C4, esculin hydrolysis, alpha-fucosidase, gelatin hydrolysis,
beta-glucosidase, beta-glucuronidase, hippurate hydrolysis, lipase C14, pyrrolidonyl arylamidase, trypsin, urease, valine
arylamidase, acid production from: amygdalin, D-arabinose, arbutin, cellobiose, dulcitol, D- and L-fucose, gentibiose, inulin,
2-ketogluconate, lactose, mannitol, melibiose, methyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside, N-acetylglucosamine, rhamnose, salicin, L-sorbose,
sorbitol, L- and D-xylose.
Positive results for acid and alkaline phosphatase, catalase, alpha- and beta-galactosidase, alpha-glucosidase, N-acetyl-beta-
glucosaminidase, alpha-mannosidase, nitrate reduction, leucine arylamidase, phosphoamidase, pyrazinamidase, acid production
from: D-adonitol, D- and L-arabitol, erythritol, fructose, galactose, D-glucose, glycogen, gluconate, glycerol, inositol, 5-ketogluconate,
mannose, maltose, melezitose, raffinose, ribose, starch, sucrose and turanose.
Negative results for cystine arylamidase, chymotrypsin, esterase C4, esculin hydrolysis, alpha-fucosidase, gelatin hydrolysis,
beta-glucosidase, beta-glucuronidase, hippurate hydrolysis, lipase C14, pyrrolidonyl arylamidase, trypsin, urease, valine
arylamidase, acid production from: amygdalin, D-arabinose, arbutin, cellobiose, dulcitol, D- and L-fucose, gentibiose, inulin,
2-ketogluconate, lactose, mannitol, melibiose, methyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside, N-acetylglucosamine, rhamnose, salicin, L-sorbose,
sorbitol, L- and D-xylose.
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