| Faecalicoccus acidiformans |
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Phylum Bacillota (Firmicutes), Class Erysipelotrichia, Order Erysipelothrichales, Family Erysipelotrichaceae, Genus Faecalicoccus,
Faecalicoccus acidiformans De Maesschalck et al. 2014, type species of the genus.
Faecalicoccus acidiformans De Maesschalck et al. 2014, type species of the genus.
Gram-positive cocci, 1.1-1.2 μm, occuring in pairs or short chains. Non-motile. Non-
spore-forming.
spore-forming.
On M2GSC agar plates, they form minute white colonies, 1.0-1.5 mm in diameter after
48h of growth at 38 ºC in an anaerobic workstation. Obligately anaerobic.
48h of growth at 38 ºC in an anaerobic workstation. Obligately anaerobic.
Isolated from the caecal content of a chicken.
Undetermined.
- De Maesschalck C, Van Immerseel F, Eeckhaut V, De Baere S, Cnockaert M, Croubels S, Haesebrouck F, Ducatelle R,
Vandamme P. Faecalicoccus acidiformans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the chicken caecum, and reclassification of
Streptococcus pleomorphus (Barnes et al. 1977), Eubacterium biforme (Eggerth 1935) and Eubacterium cylindroides (Cato et al.
1974) as Faecalicoccus pleomorphus comb. nov., Holdemanella biformis gen. nov., comb. nov. and Faecalitalea cylindroides
gen. nov., comb. nov., respectively, within the family Erysipelotrichaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3877-3884.
Positive results for naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase, acid production from
glucose and mannose.
Negative results for alkaline phosphatase, cystine arylamidase, aesculin hydrolysis, esterase (C4), esterase lipase (C8),
alpha-fucosidase, glycine arylamidase, alpha- and beta-galactosidase, beta-glucuronidase, alpha- and beta-glucosidase,
N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, lipase (C14), leucine arylamidase, alpha-mannosidase, trypsin, alpha-chymotrypsin, urease, valine
arylamidase, acid production from: D-mannitol, lactose, sucrose, maltose, salicin, D-xylose, L-arabinose, cellobiose, melezitose,
raffinose, D-sorbitol, L-rhamnose and trehalose.
Variable results for acid phosphatase, arginine arylamidase, alanine arylamidase, gelatinase, histidine arylamidase and
pyroglutamic acid arylamidase.
glucose and mannose.
Negative results for alkaline phosphatase, cystine arylamidase, aesculin hydrolysis, esterase (C4), esterase lipase (C8),
alpha-fucosidase, glycine arylamidase, alpha- and beta-galactosidase, beta-glucuronidase, alpha- and beta-glucosidase,
N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, lipase (C14), leucine arylamidase, alpha-mannosidase, trypsin, alpha-chymotrypsin, urease, valine
arylamidase, acid production from: D-mannitol, lactose, sucrose, maltose, salicin, D-xylose, L-arabinose, cellobiose, melezitose,
raffinose, D-sorbitol, L-rhamnose and trehalose.
Variable results for acid phosphatase, arginine arylamidase, alanine arylamidase, gelatinase, histidine arylamidase and
pyroglutamic acid arylamidase.
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