| Actinomyces urogenitalis |
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Phylum Actinobacteria, Class Actinobacteria, Subclass Actibacteridae, Order Actynomycetales, Suborder Actinomycinae, Family
Actinomycetaceae, Genus Actinomyces, Actinomyces urogenitalis Nikolaitchouk, Hoyles, Falsen, Grainger and Collins, 2000.
Actinomycetaceae, Genus Actinomyces, Actinomyces urogenitalis Nikolaitchouk, Hoyles, Falsen, Grainger and Collins, 2000.
Gram-positive straight to slightly curved rods. Non-motile. Non-acid-fast.
Grows on horse blood Columbia agar (Difco) at 37 ºC in air plus 5% CO2. Facultative
anaerobic.
anaerobic.
Isolated from human clinical sources (urogenital tract: urine, vaginal secretion, urethra).
Habitat is not known but it is possible a commensal of the human vagina.
Habitat is not known but it is possible a commensal of the human vagina.
It is not known if the bacteria is a cause of urogenital disease.
- Nikolaitchouk N, Hoyles L, Falsen E, Grainger JM and Collins MD, 2000. Characterization of Actinomyces isolates from samples
from the human urogenital tract: description of Actinomyces urogenitalis sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. Vol. 50, 1649-1654.
Description is based on API CORYNE, API ZYM and API rapid ID32Strep results.
Positive results for esculin hydrolysis, alpha- and beta-galactosidase, beta-galacturonidase, alpha- and beta-glucosidase,
N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, leucine arylamidase, nitrate reduction, pyroglutamic acid arylamidase, pyrrolidonyl arylamidase, valine
arylamidase, acid production from: arabitol (weak reaction), D-glucose, lactose, maltose, melezitose, melibiose, raffinose, sucrose
(saccharose), trehalose and xylose.
Negative results for acid phosphatase, arginine dihydrolase, catalase, chymotrypsin, esterase C-4, ester lipase C8,
alpha-fucosidase,gelatin hydrolysis, beta-glucuronidase, hippurate hydrolysis, lipase C14, beta-mannosidase, pyrazinamidase,
trypsin, urease, acid production from: cyclodextrin, glycogen, pullulan, sorbitol and tagatose.
Variable results for alkaline phosphatase, cystine arylamidase, alpha-mannosidase, Voges-Proskauer test, acid production from:
L-arabinose, mannitol, methyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside and ribose.
Positive results for esculin hydrolysis, alpha- and beta-galactosidase, beta-galacturonidase, alpha- and beta-glucosidase,
N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, leucine arylamidase, nitrate reduction, pyroglutamic acid arylamidase, pyrrolidonyl arylamidase, valine
arylamidase, acid production from: arabitol (weak reaction), D-glucose, lactose, maltose, melezitose, melibiose, raffinose, sucrose
(saccharose), trehalose and xylose.
Negative results for acid phosphatase, arginine dihydrolase, catalase, chymotrypsin, esterase C-4, ester lipase C8,
alpha-fucosidase,gelatin hydrolysis, beta-glucuronidase, hippurate hydrolysis, lipase C14, beta-mannosidase, pyrazinamidase,
trypsin, urease, acid production from: cyclodextrin, glycogen, pullulan, sorbitol and tagatose.
Variable results for alkaline phosphatase, cystine arylamidase, alpha-mannosidase, Voges-Proskauer test, acid production from:
L-arabinose, mannitol, methyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside and ribose.
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