Table 2

Biochemical tests for the differentiation of E. sakazakii.

Biochemical Tests
E. sakazakii (n = 189)
other α-glucosidase positive strains (n = 39)
other Enterobacteriaceae (n = 54)

α-glucosidase
100 *
100
0
Arginine dehydrogenase
97
13
67
Citrate
99
15
80
D-saccharic acid
0
23
33
Dulcitol
8
80
28
glucose-1-phosphate
0
59
83
glucose-6-phosphate
0
46
82
Lipase
96
44
4
Methyl Red
5
95
57
Ornithine decarboxylase
91
0
74
Pyruvate
3
92
50
Raffinose
100
15
63
Sucrose
100
21
47
Voges Proskauer
96
0
44
Yellow pigment
98
90
28

* denotes percent strains from the data set which were positive for the test

Iversen et al. BMC Microbiology 2006 6:28   doi:10.1186/1471-2180-6-28