, ▁arg in ine , ▁a es cul in , ▁u rea ▁and ▁ph osph at ase ▁activity ▁performed ▁on ▁M . ▁all ig ator is ▁isol ates ▁showed ▁that ▁the ▁organ ism ▁fer ments ▁gl uc ose , ▁man n ose , ▁la ct ose , ▁and ▁suc rose ▁and ▁displays ▁ph osph at ase ▁activity . ▁ ▁DNA ▁sequ encing ▁analysis ▁revealed ▁gen es ▁encoding ▁a ▁complement ▁of ▁g ly cos id ases , ▁which ▁include ▁h yal ur on id ases , ▁two ▁s ial id ases , ▁three ▁ β - gal act os id ases , ▁α - am yl ase ▁( gly c ogen ase ), ▁and ▁two ▁g ly cos yl trans fer ases . ▁M . ▁all ig ator is ▁diff ers ▁from ▁other ▁species ▁of ▁the ▁My cop las ma ▁genus ▁by ▁the ▁a for ement ioned ▁complement ▁of ▁s ial id ases , ▁which ▁are ▁en zym es ▁of ▁the ▁hyd rol ase ▁class . ▁ ▁Path ogen icity ▁ ▁Compar isons ▁of ▁the ▁M . ▁all ig ator is ▁gen ome ▁and ▁that ▁of ▁its ▁nearest ▁known ▁relative , ▁My cop las ma ▁cro c ody li , ▁were ▁analyz ed ▁in ▁hopes ▁of ▁understanding ▁the ▁unus ually ▁ag gress ive ▁nature ▁of ▁the ▁M . ▁all ig ator is ▁species . ▁My cop las ma ▁cro c ody li ▁is ▁much ▁less ▁vir ul ent ▁than ▁M . ▁all ig ator is , ▁lack ing ▁the ▁gen es ▁for ▁ad hes