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Volume 19, Number 7—July 2013
Dispatch

Psychrobacter arenosus Bacteremia after Blood Transfusion, France

Yvan CasparComments to Author , Christine Recule, Patricia Pouzol, Bruno Lafeuillade, Marie-Reine Mallaret, Max Maurin, and Jacques Croize
Author affiliations: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble, Grenoble, France (Y. Caspar, C. Recule, P. Pouzol, M.-R. Mallaret, M. Maurin, J. Croize); Université Joseph Fourier-Grenoble 1, Grenoble, France (Y. Caspar, C. Recule, P. Pouzol, M.-R. Mallaret, M. Maurin, J. Croize); Etablissement Français du Sang, La Tronche, France (B. Lafeuillade)

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Table

Characteristics of Psychrobacter arenosus isolated in this study (France) and a strain isolated in Russia*

Characteristic Isolate from this study Isolate from Russia†
Growth at 5°C + +
Growth at 22°C + +
Growth at 37°C
 +
 +
Nitrate reduction – –
Urease – –
Arginine dihydrolase – –
β-galactosidase – –
Esculin hydrolysis – –
Gelatinase – –
Indole production
 –
 –
Metabolic assay result
l-arabinose – +
Malate + +
Citrate + +
Caprate – –
Acetate + +
Propionate + +
3-hydroxybutyrate + –
Lactate + –
Itaconic acid + –
l-proline + –
l-alanine + –
l histidine + –
l-serine + UNK
Valeric acid + UNK
Adipic acid – UNK
3-hydroxybenzoate – UNK
4-hydroxybenzoate – UNK
l-fucose – UNK
Gluconate – UNK
2-ketogluconate – UNK
n-acetylglucosamine – UNK
d-glucose – UNK
Glycogen – UNK
Inositol – UNK
Malonate – UNK
d-maltose – UNK
d-mannitol – UNK
d-melibiose – UNK
d-mannose – UNK
Phenylacetate – UNK
l-rhamnose – UNK
d-ribose – UNK
d-saccharose – UNK
Salicin – UNK
d-sorbitol – UNK
Suberic acid – UNK

*+, positive; –, negative; UNK, unknown.
†Romanenko et al. (5).

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