Carbon sources utilised by S. pneumoniae DP1004.

(a)phenotype microarray results are expressed as average height of reaction after subtraction of the background represented by culture medium. nd = not done, − = negative (below cut off for positivity).(b)fermentation results are expressed as arbitrary scores evaluating the colour change of the pH indicator in CAT medium with 1% sugar, except for NeuNAc.(c)growth is reported as arbitrary units for maximal cell concentration.(d)growth, doubling time and the constant μ refer to growth in CAT medium with 0.3% sugar.(e)glycerol, ManNAc and NeuNAc values were obtained from strain G54.