| Brevibacterium paucivorans |
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Phylum Actinobacteria, Class Actinobacteria, Order Micrococcales, Family Brevibacteriaceae, Genus Brevibacterium, Brevibacterium
paucivorans Wauters, Charlier, Janssens and Delmee 2001.
paucivorans Wauters, Charlier, Janssens and Delmee 2001.
Gram-positive diphtheroid, short and plump rods. Nonmotile. Spores are not
produced.
produced.
Colonies are opaque, glistening, greyish, smooth or sticky, 1-2 mm in diameter after
48 h / 37 ºC aerobically incubation on sheep blood agar. Grows optimally at 37 ºC.
Can grow at 30 ºC, but not at 20 ºC.
48 h / 37 ºC aerobically incubation on sheep blood agar. Grows optimally at 37 ºC.
Can grow at 30 ºC, but not at 20 ºC.
Isolated from various human body sites (cerebrospinal fluid, a groin abscess, blood, a wound, intravascular catheter, a groin swab
and from an ear discharge).
The ecological niche is not known.
Susceptible to penicillin, ampicillin, cefotaxime, cephalothin, erythromycin, and vancomycin.
and from an ear discharge).
The ecological niche is not known.
Susceptible to penicillin, ampicillin, cefotaxime, cephalothin, erythromycin, and vancomycin.
No pathological role was proved.
- Wauters G., Charlier J., Janssens M. and Delmee M., 2001. Brevibacterium paucivorans sp. nov., from human clinical specimens.
Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 51, 1703-1707.
Description is based on API ZYM, API CORYNE (0000004 code), API 50CH with AUX
medium results.
Positive results for catalase, esterase lipase (C8) (weak), gelatin hydrolysis (weak), leucine arylamidase & phosphoamidase.
Negative results for acid phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase, arginine dihydrolase, casein hydrolysis, cystine arylamidase,
alpha-chymotrypsin, esculin hydrolysis, esterase (C4), alpha-fucosidase, alpha- and beta-galactosidase, alpha- and
beta-glucosidase, beta-glucuronidase, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, indole production, lipase (C14), lysine decarboxylase,
alpha-mannosidase, nitrate reduction, ornithine decarboxylase, pyrazinamidase, pyrrolidonyl arylamidase, tyrosine hydrolysis,
urease, valine arylamidase, xanthine hydrolysis, acid production from: D-glucose, glycogen, lactose, maltose, mannitol, mannose,
raffinose, ribose, sucrose & xylose (no carbohydrates are acidified).
Cannot utilize D-arabinose, gluconate & mannitol.
medium results.
Positive results for catalase, esterase lipase (C8) (weak), gelatin hydrolysis (weak), leucine arylamidase & phosphoamidase.
Negative results for acid phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase, arginine dihydrolase, casein hydrolysis, cystine arylamidase,
alpha-chymotrypsin, esculin hydrolysis, esterase (C4), alpha-fucosidase, alpha- and beta-galactosidase, alpha- and
beta-glucosidase, beta-glucuronidase, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, indole production, lipase (C14), lysine decarboxylase,
alpha-mannosidase, nitrate reduction, ornithine decarboxylase, pyrazinamidase, pyrrolidonyl arylamidase, tyrosine hydrolysis,
urease, valine arylamidase, xanthine hydrolysis, acid production from: D-glucose, glycogen, lactose, maltose, mannitol, mannose,
raffinose, ribose, sucrose & xylose (no carbohydrates are acidified).
Cannot utilize D-arabinose, gluconate & mannitol.
(c) Costin Stoica
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