Volume 15, Number 7—July 2009
Letter
Varibaculum cambriense Infections in Hong Kong, China, 2006
Yiu-Wai Chu
, Chi-Ho Wong, Man-Yu Chu, Cara P.F. Cheung, Terence K.M. Cheung, Cindy Tse, Wei-Kwang Luk, and Janice Y.C. Lo
, Chi-Ho Wong, Man-Yu Chu, Cara P.F. Cheung, Terence K.M. Cheung, Cindy Tse, Wei-Kwang Luk, and Janice Y.C. LoTable
Characteristics and test results for 4 isolates of unknown bacteria, Hong Kong, China, 2006*
| Characteristic | Varibaculum cambriense type strain CCUG 44998T | Isolate |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M124 | M397 | M380 | M398 | ||
| Hospital | B | B | A | A | |
| Patient sex/age, y | F/45 | M/25 | M/34 | F/55 | |
| Date referred/isolated |
2006 May |
2006 Dec |
2006 Dec |
2006 Dec |
|
| API test code | |||||
| Rapid ID32 Strep | 00100010100 | 00102010100 | 02122001100 | 00002011100 | |
| Coryne |
1010321 |
1410321 |
1010721 |
1010321 |
|
| Acid production from | |||||
| Glucose | + | + | + | + | + |
| Lactose | – | – | – | – | – |
| Maltose | V | – (+) | – (+) | + | + |
| Melibiose | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pullulan | – | – | – | – | – |
| Raffinose | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ribose | V | + | + | + | – (+) |
| Sucrose | V | + | + | + | + |
| Trehalose | V | – | – | + | – |
| MBDG |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| Hydrolysis of hippurate |
V |
+ |
+ |
– |
+ |
| Production of | |||||
| α-galactosidase | – | – | – | + | – |
| β-galactosidase | V | – | – (+) | – | – |
| α-glucosidase | + | – (+) | – (+) | – (+) | – (+) |
| Alkaline phosphatase | – | – | – | – | – |
| APPA |
V |
– |
+ |
+ |
+ |
| GenBank accession no.† | FJ169866 | FJ169867 | FJ169868 | FJ169869 | |
| Identity to type strain CCUG 44998T, % | 99 | 98 | 99 | 99 | |
*API, analytical profile index; V, variable; MBDG, methyl-β-
†For 16S rRNA gene sequence.
