Accurate identification and epidemiological characterization of Burkholderia cepacia complex: an update

Table 1 Biochemical characteristics to differentiate B. cepacia complex, B. gladioli, Pandoraea spp., R. pickettii, A. xylosoxidans, and S. maltophilia

	B. cepacia							B. gladioli	Pandoraea species	R. pickettii	A. xylosoxidans	S. maltophilia
	Genomovar I	Genomovar II	Genomovar III	Genomovar IV	Genomovar V	Genomovar VI	Genomovar VII	B. gladioli	Pandoraea species	R. pickettii	A. xylosoxidans	S. maltophilia
Oxidase	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‒	v	+	+	‒
Oxidation of:
Sucrose	v	‒	v	‒	+	‒	+	‒	‒	‒	‒	v
Adonitol	v	+	v	v	–	+	+	+	–	–	–	–
Lactose	v	+	v	+	+	+	+	‒	‒	‒	‒	+
Lysine decarboxylase	+	v	+	+	+	‒	+	‒	‒	‒	‒	+
Ornithinie decarboxylase	v	‒	v	+	‒	‒	‒	‒	‒	‒	‒	‒
Gelatine liquefaction	v	‒	v	+	‒	‒	+	v	‒	‒	‒	+
Aesculine hydrolysis	v	‒	v	‒	‒	‒	v	v	‒	v	‒	+
β-Galactosidase activity	+	+	+	‒	+	+	+	+	‒	‒	‒	+
Growth at 42 °C	v	+	v	‒	+	+	v	‒	v	v	NK	v
β-Hemolysis	‒	‒	‒	‒	v	‒	v	‒	‒	‒	NK	NK

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