Table 6. Carbohydrate transport systems in S. aureus and S. xylosus.

From: The Genera Staphylococcus and Macrococcus

	S. aureus		S. xylosus
Carbohydrate	PTS	PTS-independent	PTS	PTS-independent
Glucose	+	+	+	+
Galactose	+	ND	-	+
Fructose	ND	ND	+	ND
N-Acetylglucosamine	+	ND	ND	ND
Mannitol	+	ND	+	ND
Mannose	+	ND	ND	ND
Trehalose	ND	ND	+	ND
Lactose	+	ND	-	+
Maltose	ND	ND	+	ND
Sucrose	ND	ND	+	ND
Xylose	ND	-	-	+
Ribose	ND	ND	-	+
Arabinose	ND	-	-	+

Symbols and abbreviations: +, described transporters; −, not present; PTS, phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP): sugar phosphotransferase system; and ND, not determined.

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