Research Article

Enterococci Isolated from Trout in the Bukovec Water Reservoir and Čierny Váh River in Slovakia and Their Safety Aspect

Table 1

Species identification, hemolysis, nuclease activity, gelatinase, and lactic acid production in enterococci from trout.

StrainSpeciesMALDI scoreHemDNaseGelLA

R36/1E. durans2.201ngngng1.43 (0.69)
R38/1E. durans2.148ngngng1.44 (0.69)
R35/1E. faecium2.409ngngng1.50 (0.66)
R38/2E. faecium2.400ngngng1.63 (0.62)
R39/2E. faecium2.182ngngng1.53 (0.65)
R39/1E. mundtii2.201ngngng1.70 (0.59)
R29/1E. thailandicus2.273ngngng1.45 (0.69)

MALDI-TOF score: highly probable species identification (value score 2.300–3.000) and/or secure genus identification/probable species identification (2.000–2.299). Hem: hemolysis negative; ng: negative; DNase: deoxyribonuclease, Gel: gelatinase; LA: lactic acid expressed in mmol/l ± SD.