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Some of the characteristics are as follows:
Basic Characteristics | Properties (Enterococcus faecium) |
40% Bile Salts | Positive (+ve) |
Capsule | Negative (-ve) |
Catalase | Negative (-ve) |
Citrate | Negative (-ve) |
Gelatin Hydrolysis | Negative (-ve) |
Gram Staining | Gram-positive |
H2S | Negative (-ve) |
Hemolysis | Variable |
0.1% Methylene blue milk | Positive (+ve) |
Motility | Negative (-ve) |
6.5% NaCl | Positive (+ve) |
Pigment | Negative (-ve) |
Shape | Cocci |
Spore | Negative (-ve) |
VP (Voges Proskauer) | Positive (+ve) |
Fermentation of |
|
Adonitol | Negative (-ve) |
Arabinose | Positive (+ve) |
Arabitol | Negative (-ve) |
Arbutin | Positive (+ve) |
Cellobiose | Positive (+ve) |
Dulcitol | Negative (-ve) |
Erythritol | Negative (-ve) |
Fructose | Positive (+ve) |
Fucose | Negative (-ve) |
Galactose | Positive (+ve) |
Beta- Gentiobiose | Positive (+ve) |
Glucose | Positive (+ve) |
Glycerol | Variable |
Glycogen | Negative (-ve) |
Hippurate | Variable |
Inositol | Negative (-ve) |
Lactose | Positive (+ve) |
Malate | Negative (-ve) |
Maltose | Positive (+ve) |
Mannitol | Variable |
Mannose | Positive (+ve) |
Melibiose | Variable |
Raffinose | Variable |
Rhamnose | Variable |
Sorbitol | Variable |
Starch | Negative (-ve) |
Sucrose | Variable |
Trehalose | Variable |
Xylose | Variable |
Enzymatic Reactions |
|
Alkaline Phosphatase | Negative (-ve) |
Arginine Dehydrolase | Positive (+ve) |
Esculin Hydrolysis | Positive (+ve) |
ONPG (ฮฒ-galactosidase) | Positive (+ve) |
Pyrrolidonyl aminopeptidase | Positive (+ve) |
Tellurite | Negative (-ve) |
References
- Bergey, D H, William B. Whitman, Vos P. De, George M. Garrity, and D Jones.ย Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology: Vol. 3. New York: Springer, 2009. Print.
- Manero, A., & Blanch, A. R. (1999). Identification of Enterococcus spp. with a biochemical key.ย Applied and environmental microbiology,ย 65(10), 4425-30.
- https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0059491
- https://www.dairyscience.info/entero-key.htm