| Facklamia tabacinasalis |
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Phylum Firmicutes, Class Bacilli, Order Lactobacillales, Family Aerococcaceae, Genus Facklamia, Facklamia tabacinasalis Collins et
al. 1999.
al. 1999.
Gram-positive, large ovoid cells, occurring in pairs or short chains. Non-motile.
Non-spore-forming.
Non-spore-forming.
Colonies on horse blood agar are round, smooth, domed, 0.5 mm in diameter (in 48h
at 30 ºC), alpha-haemolytic and non-pigmented. Facultatively anaerobic. No growth at
10 or 45 ºC.
at 30 ºC), alpha-haemolytic and non-pigmented. Facultatively anaerobic. No growth at
10 or 45 ºC.
Isolated from powdered tobacco. One strain has been isolated from sheep (unpublished data (2)).
Undetermined.
- Matthew D. Collins, Roger A. Hutson, Enevold Falsen, Berit Sjoden. Note: Facklamia tabacinasalis sp. nov., from powdered
tobacco. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, July 1999 49: 1247-1250. - Matthew D. Collins and Enevold Falsen, 2009. Genus V. Facklamia Collins, Falsen, Lemosy, Akervall, Sjoden and Lawson 1997,
882VP In: (Eds.) P.D. Vos, G. Garrity, D. Jones, N.R. Krieg, W. Ludwig, F.A. Rainey, K.-H. Schleifer, W.B. Whitman. Bergey’s Manual
of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume 3: The Firmicutes, Springer, 541-544.
Description is based on API system results.
Positive results for alpha-galactosidase, ester lipase C8 (weak reaction) & acid
productionfrom glucose.
Negative results for alkaline phosphatase, acid phosphatase, arginine dihydrolase, catalase, esculin hydrolysis, hippurate hydrolysis,
oxidase, alanine-phenylalanine-proline arylamidase, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, chymo trypsin, trypsin, cystine arylamidase,
glycyltryptophan arylamidase, alpha-fucosidase, beta-galactosidase, beta-galacturonidase, beta-glucosidase, beta-glucuronidase,
esterase C-4, pyroglutamic acid arylamidase, alpha- and beta-mannosidase, leucine arylamidase, urease, Voges-Proskauer
reaction, acid production from: D-arabitol, L-arabinose, cyclodextrin, glycogen, lactose, melibiose, mannitol, maltose, melezitose,
methyl beta-D-glucopyranoside, pullulan, raffinose, ribose, sorbitol, sucrose, tagatose & trehalose.
Variable results for beta-galactosidase.
Positive results for alpha-galactosidase, ester lipase C8 (weak reaction) & acid
productionfrom glucose.
Negative results for alkaline phosphatase, acid phosphatase, arginine dihydrolase, catalase, esculin hydrolysis, hippurate hydrolysis,
oxidase, alanine-phenylalanine-proline arylamidase, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, chymo trypsin, trypsin, cystine arylamidase,
glycyltryptophan arylamidase, alpha-fucosidase, beta-galactosidase, beta-galacturonidase, beta-glucosidase, beta-glucuronidase,
esterase C-4, pyroglutamic acid arylamidase, alpha- and beta-mannosidase, leucine arylamidase, urease, Voges-Proskauer
reaction, acid production from: D-arabitol, L-arabinose, cyclodextrin, glycogen, lactose, melibiose, mannitol, maltose, melezitose,
methyl beta-D-glucopyranoside, pullulan, raffinose, ribose, sorbitol, sucrose, tagatose & trehalose.
Variable results for beta-galactosidase.
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