Table 2 Physiological characteristics of the Sph isolates

From: Isolation and characterization of Sphingomonadaceae from fouled membranes

Strain (clade)

Swimming

Swarming

Twitching

Growth ranges

 

Microa

Macrob

 

Microc

Macrod

pH

Temp (°C)

Salt(NaCl% w/v)

Sph1 (A)

+

-

-

+

+

5.0–10.0

8–37

0–5.0

Sph2 (B)

+

+

-

+

+

5.0–10.0

8–37

0–5.0

Sph3 (B)

+

-

-

+

+

5.0–10.0

8–37

0–5.0

Sph4 (C)

+

+

-

+

-

5.0–10.0

8–37

0–3.5

Sph5 (D)

+

-

+

+

+

5.0–10.0

8–37

0–5.0

Sph6 (E)

+

+

+

+

+

5.0–10.0

8–37

0–5.0

Sph7 (E)

+

+

-

+

-

4.0–9.0

8–37

0–3.5

Sph10 (F)

-

+

-

+

-

5.0–10.0

8–37

0–3.5

Sph11 (G)

+

+

+

+

+

6.0–10.0

8–37

0–3.5

Sph16 (H)

-

-

-

+

+

4.0–10.0

8–42

0–3.5

Sph19 (A)

+

+

+

+

+

5.0–9.0

8–37

0–5.0

Sph22 (I)

+

+

-

+

+

5.0–10.0

8–37

0–3.5

Sph25 (A)

+

-

+

+

-

5.0–9.0

8–37

0–5.0

Sph27 (J)

+

+

-

+

+

5.0–9.0

8–37

0–3.5

Sph29 (A)

+

+

-

+

+

5.0–9.0

8–37

0–5.0

Sph30 (A)

+

+

+

+

+

5.0–10.0

8–37

0–5.0

Sph31 (A)

+

+

+

+

+

5.0–9.0

8–37

0–5.0

Sph32 (A)

+

+

+

+

+

5.0–10.0

8–37

0–5.0

Sph33 (K)

-

-

-

+

-

4.0–10.0

8–37

0–3.5

Sph46 (L)

+

-

-

+

+

5.0–10.0

8–37

0–3.5

Sph57 (L)

+

-

-

+

+

5.0–10.0

8–42

0–3.5

  1. aSwimming was assayed microscopically by phase contrast microscopy
  2. bSwimming and swarming was assayed macroscopically by plate assays
  3. cTwitching was assayed microscopically by growing the strains on TMGG medium amidst of a microscopic slide and a glass coverslip
  4. dTwitching was assayed macroscopically by growing the cells on twitching plates