Comparison of growth characteristics, biochemical reactions and G/C contents of Afipia species.

†Afipia species and related strains or isolates: 1, OHSU_I uncloned; 2, OHSU_I-C4; 3, OHSU_I-C6; 4, OHSU_II uncloned; 5, OHSU_II-C1; 6, OHSU_II C2; 7, A. felis; 8, A. felis genospecies; 9-12, Afipia genospecies (1 to 4); 13, A. clevelandensis; 14, A. broomeae (3 strains); 15, A. birgiae; 16, A. massiliensis. Data for A. broomeae, A. clevelandensis, A. felis, A. felis genospecies, 4 Afpia genospecies, A. birgiae and A. massiliensis are from Brenner et al. (15) and La Scola et al. (9).‡Bacteria were grown on YM agar before use of biochemical studies, except noted by a* for grown on BCYE agar.P: positive, p: weak positive, N: negative.