Growth on/in/at | Susceptibility to | ||||||||||
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Species | MacConkey agar | 1% glycine | 1.5% NaCl | 3.5% NaCl | 42°C | Catalase | Nitrate reduction | Nitrite reduction | Indoxyl acetate hydrolysis | Nalidixic acid | Cephalothin |
V, variable; W, weakly positive; ND, not determined; R, resistant; S, sensitive. | |||||||||||
A cryaerophilus group 1A | − | − | − | − | − | + | V | − | + | V | R |
A cryaerophilus group 1B | + | − | − | − | − | + | V | ND | + | S | V |
A butzleri | + | + | V | V | V | W | + | − | + | S | R |
A nitrofigilis | − | − | + | + | − | + | + | − | − | S | S |
A skirrowii | − | V | + | V | V | + | + | ND | + | S | S |
Blood culture isolate | + | − | + | − | − | W | + | − | + | S | R |