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Table 3.1 Characteristics of Renibacterium salmoninarum
a
Character
Response
Production of:
Acid and alkaline phosphatase
+
Butyrate esterase
−
Caprylate esterase
+
Catalase
Chymotrypsin
−
Cystine arylamidase
−
α-fucosidase
−
α- and ß-galactosidase
−
ß-glucosaminidase
−
α-glucosidase
+
ß-glucosidase
−
ß-glucuronidase
−
Leucine arylamidase
+
α-mannosidase
+
Myristate esterase
−
Oxidase
−
Trypsin
+
Valine arylamidase
−
Nitrate reduction
−
Degradation of:
Adenine, aesculin, arbutin, chitin, chondroitin, DNA
−
Casein, Tributyrin, Tween 40 and 60
+
Elastin, gelatin, guanine, hyaluronic acid, hypoxanthine
−
Lecithin, RNA, starch, testosterone Tween 80, tyrosine
−
Xanthine
−
Acid production from sugars
−
Growth on/at:
pH 7.8
+
0.025 % (w/v) bile salts, 0.001 % (w/v) methylene blue
−
0.0001 % (w/v) crystal violet, 0.00001 % (w/v) nile blue
+
0.005 % (w/v) phenol, 1 % (w/v) potassium thiocyanate
−
1 % (w/v) sodium chloride
+ (poor)
0.01 % (w/v) sodium selenite, 0.001 % (w/v) thallous acetate
−
Utilisation of:
4-umbelliferyl – acetate, 4-umbelliferyl – butyrate
+
4-umbelliferyl – ßD-cellobiopyranoside monohydrate
−
4-umbelliferyl – elaidate, 4-umbelliferyl
– α-L-arabinopyranoside
−
(continued)
Box 3.2 (continued)
Renibacterium salmoninarum