| Neisseria zoodegmatis |
Facultatively anaerobic. Grows at 37 ºC, and at 18-22 ºC. Colonies are circular,
convex, entire, opaque, shiny, and smooth. Haemolytic. Can grow on MacConkey.
No pigment production.
convex, entire, opaque, shiny, and smooth. Haemolytic. Can grow on MacConkey.
No pigment production.
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Phylum Pseudomonadota (Proteobacteria), Class Betaproteobacteria, Order Neisseriales, Family Neisseriaceae, Genus Neisseria,
Neisseria zoodegmatis Vandamme et al. 2006.
Old synonym: CDC Group Eugonic Fermenter (EF)-4b.
Neisseria zoodegmatis Vandamme et al. 2006.
Old synonym: CDC Group Eugonic Fermenter (EF)-4b.
Gram-negative cocci. Non-motile.
Isolated from a dog-bite wound in Hawaii.
Undetermined.
- Vandamme, P., Holmes, B., Bercovier, H. & Coenye, T. (2006). Classification of Centers for Disease Control Group Eugonic
Fermenter (EF)-4a and EF-4b as Neisseria animaloris sp. nov. and Neisseria zoodegmatis sp. nov., respectively. Int J Syst Evol
Microbiol 56, 1801–1805.
Positive results for catalase, nitrite reduction, oxidase, acid production from glucose (in peptone water).
Negative results for arginine dihydrolase, casein digestion, citrate utilization, gluconate oxidation, extracellular DN-ase,
beta-galactosidase (ONPG), gas production from glucose in peptone water medium, gelatinase (most strains), H2S production,
indole production, KCN tolerance, lysine decarboxylase, ornithine decarboxylase, phenylalanine deamination, malonate utilization,
methyl red test, selenite reduction, urease, Voges-Proskauer test, acid production (in peptone water) from: adonitol, arabinose,
cellobiose, dulcitol, glycerol, inositol, lactose, maltose, mannitol, raffinose, rhamnose, salicin, sorbitol, starch, sucrose, trehalose and
xylose.
Negative results for arginine dihydrolase, casein digestion, citrate utilization, gluconate oxidation, extracellular DN-ase,
beta-galactosidase (ONPG), gas production from glucose in peptone water medium, gelatinase (most strains), H2S production,
indole production, KCN tolerance, lysine decarboxylase, ornithine decarboxylase, phenylalanine deamination, malonate utilization,
methyl red test, selenite reduction, urease, Voges-Proskauer test, acid production (in peptone water) from: adonitol, arabinose,
cellobiose, dulcitol, glycerol, inositol, lactose, maltose, mannitol, raffinose, rhamnose, salicin, sorbitol, starch, sucrose, trehalose and
xylose.
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