Table 1: Results from Phenotypic Identification of Strains of Actinomycesa

Species and Strain(s) Pigment Catalase Nitrate Reduction CAMP Test Hydrolysis of: Production of: Fermentation of:
Urea Esculin α-Fucosidase α-Glucosidase β-NAG β-Galactosidase Arabinose Maltose Mannitol Raffinose Rhamnose Sucrose Xylose Trehalose
A. europaeus CCUG 32789 AT - - + - - + - + - + - + - - - v - -
A. funkei CCUG 42773T - - + - - - + + - v v v - - + + + -
A. georgiae CCUG 32935T - - v - - v - + - + - + - v + + + +
A. gerencseriae CCUG 32936T, 1 clinical strain - - v, - - - + -, + + - + -, v + v, + -, + - + + +
A. graevenitzii CCUG 27294T - - - - - - - + + + - + - v - + - -
A. israelii CCUG 18307T, 2 clinical strains - - +, v - - + - + - + v + v + v, - + + +
A. meyeri CCUG 21024T - - - - - - - + - + - + - v - + + v
A. naeslundii CCUG 18310T - - + - - + - + - + - + - + - + - +
A. neuii subsp. Neuii CCUG 32252T, 2 clinical strains - + +, v + - - - + - + - + + v - + + +, v
A. neuii subsp. anitratus CCUG 32253T - + - + - + - + - + - + + + - + + +
A. odontolyticus CCUG 20536T, 2 clinical strains -, + - + - - -, v +, v + - + - + - v +, v + + -
A. radicidentis CCUG 36733T - + v - - v - + - + - + + + - + - +
A. radingae CCUG 32394T, 2 clinical strains - - -, v - - v, + + + v,- + +, v + v +, v - + +, v +, v
A. turicensis CCUG 34269T, 5 clinical strains - - - - - - +, v + - -, v -, v v, + - - - + + -
A. urogenitalis CCUG 38702T - - + - - + - + + + v + - + + + + +
A. viscosus CCUG 14476T, 3 clinical strains - + -, v - - v - + - + -, v + - + - + -, v v
A. species - - + - - - - + - + v + - v - + + -

a -, negative result; +, positive result; v, variable reaction (by different methods or among strains). Results for type strains are given first if different from the results obtained on clinical strains.