Table 1.
Characteristics differentiating the E. miricola BM10 strain from the other three type-strains of the genus Elizabethkingia

Strain	E. miricola BM10	E. anophelis R26	E. meningoseptica ATCC 13253	E. miricola GTC 862
Urease	Negative	Negative	Negative	Positive
Mannitol assimilation	Negative	Positive	Positive	Positive
Maltose assimilation	Negative	Positive	Positive	Positive
Adipate assimilation	Negative	Positive	Negative	Negative
Citrate assimilation	Positive	Positive	Negative	Positive