Bacteriology

Description of Kingella potus sp. nov., an Organism Isolated from a Wound Caused by an Animal Bite

Paul A. Lawson, Henry Malnick, Matthew D. Collins, Jayesh J. Shah, Marie A. Chattaway, Richard Bendall, John W. Hartley
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.7.3526-3529.2005

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  • FIG. 1.
    FIG. 1.

    Unrooted tree based on 16S rRNA showing the phylogenetic relationships of Kingella potus sp. nov. Bootstrap values (expressed as percentages of 1,000 replications) are given at the branching points. Bar, 1% sequence divergence.

Tables

  • TABLE 1.

    Characteristics that differentiate Kingella potus sp. nov. from other Kingella and Neisseria speciesa

    SpeciesFinding
    CocciRods or coccobacilliPigmentGlucoseMaltoseFructoseSucroseNO3−NO2−DNaseCatβ-GAL
    K. potus sp. nov.−++−−−−−−+−−
    K. kingae−+−++−−−−−−−
    K. oralis−+−+−−−−−−−−
    K. denitrificans−+−+−−−VV−−−
    N. meningitidis+−−++−−−V−+−
    N. lactamica+−−++−−−V−++
    N. cinerea+−−−−−−−+−+−
    N. polysaccharea+−−++−−−V−+−
    N. kochii+−−+−−−−−−+−
    N. flavescens+−+−−−−−−−+−
    N. sicca+−V++++−+−+−
    N. subflava+−
        Biovar subflava+−+++−−−+−+−
        Biovar flava+−++++−−+−+−
        Biovar perflava+−+++++−+−+−
    N. mucosa+−+++++++−+−
    N. elongata
        subsp. elongata−++−−−−−+−V−
        subsp. glycolytica−++(+)−−−−+−+−
        subsp. nitroreducens−++V−−−++−+−
    N. animalis+−−+−(+)+−+−+−
    N. canis+−+−−−−+−(+)+−
    N. caviae+−−−−−−++(+)+−
    N. cuniculi+−−−−−−−−++−
    N. denitrificans+−V+−++−+++−
    N. macacae+−+++++−+++−
    N. ovis+−−−−−−+−++−
    N. weaveri−++−−ND−−+ND+−
    N. iguanae+−−(+)−−(+)+V−+−

    • ↵a Data were obtained from references 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 11, and 20. Abbreviations: β-GAL, β-galactosidase; Cat, catalase; +, positive reaction; −, negative reaction; (+), weak positive; V, variable reaction; ND, not determined.

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