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Table 4 Characteristics of Campylobacter insulaenigrae isolated from marine mammals and humans

From: Campylobacter insulaenigrae bacteremia with meningitis: a case report

Characteristics

Foster G et al. (2004) [1]

Chua K et al. (2007) [4]

Patient in this study(2015)

Host

Marine mammal

human

human

Growth at/in:

 25 °C

 

 42 °C

+

+

 1% glycine

+

 

 2% NaCl

+

 Oxidase

+

+

+

 Hippurate hydrolysis

 Cephalothin

 Nalidixic acid

 Microaerophilic growth

+

+

+

 Anaerobic growth

 GenBank

AJ620504

EF433401

DQ174183

  1. The growth characteristics of the C. insulaenigrae strains reported till date. The strains isolated from humans and marine mammals have differences in growing temperature and genotypes. These factors might relate to the pathogenicity or infection sites