Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

Research Article

Characteristics and Phylogeny of Shewanella haliotis Isolated from Cultivated Shellfish in Taiwan

Table 3

Characterization of Shewanella haliotis.
Characteristics% of positive reaction
Clinical isolates ()Shellfish isolates ()
API 20 NE  
 Reduction of nitrates to nitrites75%94%
 Indole production0%0%
 Glucose fermentation0%0%
 Arginine dihydrolase0%0%
 Urease0%0%
 β-Glucosidase25%0%
 Gelatinase100%94%
 Assimilation by using  
  Glucose0%0%
  Arabinose0%0%
  Mannose0%6%
  Mannitol0%0%
  N-acetyl-glucosamine75%82%
  Maltose0%0%
  Potassium gluconate0%0%
  Capric acid75%94%
  Adipic acid0%0%
  Malate100%94%
  Trisodium citrate0%0%
  Phenylacetic acid0%0%
API ZYM  
 Alkaline phosphatase100%94%
 Esterase (C4)100%94%
 Esterase lipase (C8)100%94%
 Lipase (C14)0%0%
 Leucine arylamidase100%94%
 Valine arylamidase0%0%
 Cystine arylamidase0%0%
 Trypsin0%0%
 α-Chymotrypsin100%94%
 Acid phosphatase100%94%
 Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase100%94%
 α-Galactosidase0%0%
 β-Galactosidase0%0%
 β-Glucuronidase0%0%
 α-Glucuronidase0%0%
 β-Glucosidase0%0%
 N-Acetly-β-glucosaminidase50%53%
 α-Mannosidase0%0%
 α-Fucosidase0%0%
Growth at  
 4°C100%100%
 37°C100%100%