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Firmicutes => Bacilli => Lactobacillales => Enterococcaceae => Enterococcus => Enterococcus termitis Svec et al. 2006.
Gram-positive elongated cocci, grouped in pairs, short chains or small groups.
Non-motile.
Non-motile.
Colonies on sheep blood agar are non-pigmented, shiny, circular, smooth with entire
margins and about 1 mm in diameter after 24 hours of cultivation at 37 °C. Grow on
Todd–Hewitt agar, BHI agar and MRS (less abundant). Poor growth and small dark-
red colonies are produced on Slanetz–Bartley medium containing 0.04% sodium
azide. Growth is positive at 10 - 45 °C in BHI broth, in 6.5% NaCl medium and pH 9.6.
margins and about 1 mm in diameter after 24 hours of cultivation at 37 °C. Grow on
Todd–Hewitt agar, BHI agar and MRS (less abundant). Poor growth and small dark-
red colonies are produced on Slanetz–Bartley medium containing 0.04% sodium
azide. Growth is positive at 10 - 45 °C in BHI broth, in 6.5% NaCl medium and pH 9.6.
Isolated from the gut of a termite.
Unknown.
- Pavel Svec and Luc A. Devriese, 2009: Genus I. Enterococcus (ex Thiercelin and Jouhaud 1903) Schleifer and Kilpper-Bälz
1984, 32VP in Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Second Edition, Volume Three, Vos, P.D.; Garrity, G.; Jones, D.;
Krieg, N.R.; Ludwig, W.; Rainey, F.A.; Schleifer, K.-H.; Whitman, W.B. (Eds.), pp 594-606. - Pavel Svec, Marc Vancanneyt, Ivo Sedláček, Sabri M. Naser, Cindy Snauwaert, Karen Lefebvre, Bart Hoste, and Jean Swings.
Enterococcus silesiacus sp. nov. and Enterococcus termitis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol March 2006 56:577-581.
Positive results for leucine aminopeptidase, hydrolysis of esculin, acid production
from: N-acetylglucosamine, amygdalin, arbutin, D-cellobiose, D-fructose, glycerol,
D-galactose, D-glucose, gluconate, D-lactose, D-mannose, methyl alpha-D-
mannopyranoside, methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside, D-maltose, ribose, salicin, D-trehalose, gentiobiose & D-xylose.
Negative results for catalase, pyrrolidonyl arylamidase, arginine dihydrolase, Voges–Proskauer test, alpha-galactosidase, beta-
galactosidase, beta-glucuronidase, alkaline phosphatase, hippurate hydrolysis, acid production from: D- or L-arabinose, D-adonitol,
D- or L-arabitol, dulcitol, erythritol, D- or L-fucose, glycogen, 2- or 5-ketogluconate, inositol, inulin, D-lyxose, D-mannitol, D-melibiose,
D-melezitose, methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside, D-raffinose, L-rhamnose, D-sorbitol, L-sorbose, starch, sucrose, D-turanose, D-
tagatose, xylitol & L-xylose.
from: N-acetylglucosamine, amygdalin, arbutin, D-cellobiose, D-fructose, glycerol,
D-galactose, D-glucose, gluconate, D-lactose, D-mannose, methyl alpha-D-
mannopyranoside, methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside, D-maltose, ribose, salicin, D-trehalose, gentiobiose & D-xylose.
Negative results for catalase, pyrrolidonyl arylamidase, arginine dihydrolase, Voges–Proskauer test, alpha-galactosidase, beta-
galactosidase, beta-glucuronidase, alkaline phosphatase, hippurate hydrolysis, acid production from: D- or L-arabinose, D-adonitol,
D- or L-arabitol, dulcitol, erythritol, D- or L-fucose, glycogen, 2- or 5-ketogluconate, inositol, inulin, D-lyxose, D-mannitol, D-melibiose,
D-melezitose, methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside, D-raffinose, L-rhamnose, D-sorbitol, L-sorbose, starch, sucrose, D-turanose, D-
tagatose, xylitol & L-xylose.
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