16S rRNA-Based Identification of a Glucan-Hyperproducing Weissella confusa

Table 1

Differential characteristics of Weissella confusa and other lactic acid bacteria.

Characteristics	1	2 [24]	3 [21]	4 [21]	5 [6]	6 [25]	7 [26]	8 [18]	9 [27]	10 [27]
Acid from:
Ribose	+	+	+	+	−	−	+	NT	NT	NT
D-Xylose	+	+	−	+	−	+	−	+	+	+
Galactose	+	−	+	+	−	+	+	+	+	+
D-Fructose	+	−	+	+	+	NT	−	+	+	+
Cellobiose	+	−	−	+	−	+	−	+	−	+
Melibiose	−	+	−	−	−	+	+	+	+	+
Sucrose	+	+	−	+	+	+	D	+	+	+
Trehalose	−	+	−	−	+	−	D	+	+	+
D-Raffinose	−	+	−	−	−	−	+	+	+	−
Maltose	+	NT	−	+	+	+	+	−	+	+
Dextran formation	+	−	+	+	−	+	−	+	+	+
Cell morphology	Short rods	Short rods, often thickened to one end	Irregular rods	Short rods, thickened at one end	Large spherical or lenticular cells	NT	Spherical	Cocci-shaped and random arrangement in groups or chains	NT	NT

1, W. confusa (Cab3) 2, W. soli; 3, W. kandleri; 4, W. confusa; 5, W. hellenica; 6, W. kimchii; 7, W. thailandensis; 8, P. pentosaceus; 9, L. mesenteroides B-512F; 10, L. mesenteroides B-640. Symbols: +, 90% or more strains were positive; −, 90% or more strains were negative; D, 11–89% of strains were positive; NT, not tested.