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Table 2 Phenotypic characterization and molecular identification of the isolates

From: Maternal-neonatal transmission of Enterococcus strains during delivery

Strain

Clones

6% NaCl

NaN3

Trehalose

Arabinose

Raffinose

Rhamnose

Ribose

Tagatose

Xylose

Glycerol

Inulin

Mannitol

Sorbitol

Melibiose

Fucose

Cellobiose

Arginine

16S rRNA similarity, %

Species identification

Accession number

SB2

5

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

99.86

E. villorum

KX 830968

AB3

6

+

+

+

+

w

+

98.56

E. canintestini

KX 830969

S10C

2

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

99.86

E. ratti

KX 830970

S22C

8

+

+

+

w

+

+

+

+

+

w

+

+

99.53

E. rivorum

KX 830971

S2

4

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

w

+

99.84

E. phoeniculicola

KX 830972

S16

5

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

w

w

+

+

99.37

E. rivorum

KX 830973

S27B

5

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

98.78

E. dispar

KX 830974

S20A

3

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

99.84

E. phoeniculicola

KX 830975

S26B

8

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

99.65

E. canintestini

KX 830976

S20C

7

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

99.40

E. thailandicus

KX 830977

S17A

4

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

98.84

E. italicus

KX 830978

S18A

6

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

99.84

E. canintestini

KX 830979

S16B

11

+

+

+

+

+

+

98.00

E. dispar

KX 830980

S17B

2

+

+

+

+

+

w

+

99.56

E. viikkiensis

KX 830981

S3B

2

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

99.26

E. ratti

KX 830982

  1. Legend: +, positive reaction; −, negative reaction; w, weak reaction