| Isolate CU01 | X. poinarii | X. beddingii | X. nematophilus | X. japonicus | X. bovienii | |
| Number of tested strain | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Isolation from: | ||||||
| S. cubanum | + | + | − | − | − | − |
| S. glaseri | − | + | − | − | − | − |
| Steinernema species | − | − | + | − | − | − |
| S. carpocapsae | − | − | − | + | − | − |
| S. kushidai | − | − | − | − | + | − |
| S. feltiae | − | − | − | − | − | + |
| S. kraussei | − | − | − | − | − | + |
| S. affine | − | − | − | − | − | + |
| S. intermedium | − | − | − | − | − | + |
| Maximum growth T (°C) | 40°C | 40°C | 39°C | 35°C | 35°C | 32°C |
| Pathogenicity against lepideptoran insects | − | − | + | + | − | + |
| Pigmentationa | lb | br | lb | ow | yb | y |
| Dye adsorption | +w | +w | + | + | + | + |
| DNase | − | − | + | + | + | + |
| Lecithinase (egg yolk agar) | − | dw | + | + | + | +w |
| Tryptophane deaminase | − | − | − | − | − | d |
| Simmons citrate | − | d | + | + | − | d |
| Esculin hydrolysis | + | − | + | − | − | − |
| Acid production from | ||||||
| Myo-inositol | − | − | − | +w | − | dw |
| Ribose | − | − | +w | +w | − | +w |
| Salicin | − | − | +w | − | − | − |
| Gluconate | +w | dw | + | − | − | dw |
| Utilization of | ||||||
| dl-Gycerate | − | [−] | + | d | − | d |
| l-Histidine | + | d | + | − | − | d |
| Myo-inositol | − | − | − | +w | − | dw |
| Ribose | − | − | + | d | − | [+] |
| l-Tyrosine | − | [−]w | + | − | − | d |
| Isolate CU01 | X. poinarii | X. beddingii | X. nematophilus | X. japonicus | X. bovienii | |
| Number of tested strain | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Isolation from: | ||||||
| S. cubanum | + | + | − | − | − | − |
| S. glaseri | − | + | − | − | − | − |
| Steinernema species | − | − | + | − | − | − |
| S. carpocapsae | − | − | − | + | − | − |
| S. kushidai | − | − | − | − | + | − |
| S. feltiae | − | − | − | − | − | + |
| S. kraussei | − | − | − | − | − | + |
| S. affine | − | − | − | − | − | + |
| S. intermedium | − | − | − | − | − | + |
| Maximum growth T (°C) | 40°C | 40°C | 39°C | 35°C | 35°C | 32°C |
| Pathogenicity against lepideptoran insects | − | − | + | + | − | + |
| Pigmentationa | lb | br | lb | ow | yb | y |
| Dye adsorption | +w | +w | + | + | + | + |
| DNase | − | − | + | + | + | + |
| Lecithinase (egg yolk agar) | − | dw | + | + | + | +w |
| Tryptophane deaminase | − | − | − | − | − | d |
| Simmons citrate | − | d | + | + | − | d |
| Esculin hydrolysis | + | − | + | − | − | − |
| Acid production from | ||||||
| Myo-inositol | − | − | − | +w | − | dw |
| Ribose | − | − | +w | +w | − | +w |
| Salicin | − | − | +w | − | − | − |
| Gluconate | +w | dw | + | − | − | dw |
| Utilization of | ||||||
| dl-Gycerate | − | [−] | + | d | − | d |
| l-Histidine | + | d | + | − | − | d |
| Myo-inositol | − | − | − | +w | − | dw |
| Ribose | − | − | + | d | − | [+] |
| l-Tyrosine | − | [−]w | + | − | − | d |
All tests were done at 28°C unless otherwise mentioned: +=90–100% of strains are positive; [+]=76–89% are positive; d=26–75% are positive; [−]=11–25% are positive; −=0–10% are positive. The superscript w (e.g. +w) indicates a weak reaction.
lb, light brown; b, brown; ow, off-white; y, yellow; yb, yellowish brown.
| Isolate CU01 | X. poinarii | X. beddingii | X. nematophilus | X. japonicus | X. bovienii | |
| Number of tested strain | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Isolation from: | ||||||
| S. cubanum | + | + | − | − | − | − |
| S. glaseri | − | + | − | − | − | − |
| Steinernema species | − | − | + | − | − | − |
| S. carpocapsae | − | − | − | + | − | − |
| S. kushidai | − | − | − | − | + | − |
| S. feltiae | − | − | − | − | − | + |
| S. kraussei | − | − | − | − | − | + |
| S. affine | − | − | − | − | − | + |
| S. intermedium | − | − | − | − | − | + |
| Maximum growth T (°C) | 40°C | 40°C | 39°C | 35°C | 35°C | 32°C |
| Pathogenicity against lepideptoran insects | − | − | + | + | − | + |
| Pigmentationa | lb | br | lb | ow | yb | y |
| Dye adsorption | +w | +w | + | + | + | + |
| DNase | − | − | + | + | + | + |
| Lecithinase (egg yolk agar) | − | dw | + | + | + | +w |
| Tryptophane deaminase | − | − | − | − | − | d |
| Simmons citrate | − | d | + | + | − | d |
| Esculin hydrolysis | + | − | + | − | − | − |
| Acid production from | ||||||
| Myo-inositol | − | − | − | +w | − | dw |
| Ribose | − | − | +w | +w | − | +w |
| Salicin | − | − | +w | − | − | − |
| Gluconate | +w | dw | + | − | − | dw |
| Utilization of | ||||||
| dl-Gycerate | − | [−] | + | d | − | d |
| l-Histidine | + | d | + | − | − | d |
| Myo-inositol | − | − | − | +w | − | dw |
| Ribose | − | − | + | d | − | [+] |
| l-Tyrosine | − | [−]w | + | − | − | d |
| Isolate CU01 | X. poinarii | X. beddingii | X. nematophilus | X. japonicus | X. bovienii | |
| Number of tested strain | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Isolation from: | ||||||
| S. cubanum | + | + | − | − | − | − |
| S. glaseri | − | + | − | − | − | − |
| Steinernema species | − | − | + | − | − | − |
| S. carpocapsae | − | − | − | + | − | − |
| S. kushidai | − | − | − | − | + | − |
| S. feltiae | − | − | − | − | − | + |
| S. kraussei | − | − | − | − | − | + |
| S. affine | − | − | − | − | − | + |
| S. intermedium | − | − | − | − | − | + |
| Maximum growth T (°C) | 40°C | 40°C | 39°C | 35°C | 35°C | 32°C |
| Pathogenicity against lepideptoran insects | − | − | + | + | − | + |
| Pigmentationa | lb | br | lb | ow | yb | y |
| Dye adsorption | +w | +w | + | + | + | + |
| DNase | − | − | + | + | + | + |
| Lecithinase (egg yolk agar) | − | dw | + | + | + | +w |
| Tryptophane deaminase | − | − | − | − | − | d |
| Simmons citrate | − | d | + | + | − | d |
| Esculin hydrolysis | + | − | + | − | − | − |
| Acid production from | ||||||
| Myo-inositol | − | − | − | +w | − | dw |
| Ribose | − | − | +w | +w | − | +w |
| Salicin | − | − | +w | − | − | − |
| Gluconate | +w | dw | + | − | − | dw |
| Utilization of | ||||||
| dl-Gycerate | − | [−] | + | d | − | d |
| l-Histidine | + | d | + | − | − | d |
| Myo-inositol | − | − | − | +w | − | dw |
| Ribose | − | − | + | d | − | [+] |
| l-Tyrosine | − | [−]w | + | − | − | d |
All tests were done at 28°C unless otherwise mentioned: +=90–100% of strains are positive; [+]=76–89% are positive; d=26–75% are positive; [−]=11–25% are positive; −=0–10% are positive. The superscript w (e.g. +w) indicates a weak reaction.
lb, light brown; b, brown; ow, off-white; y, yellow; yb, yellowish brown.
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