Table 1.

Physiological and biochemical characteristics of the isolate, BH35.

Characteristics	Growth result	Characteristics	Growth result
(1) Melanin pigment production		(5) Growth at different temperature (°C)
Liquid tryptone yeast extract	+	20	+
Tyrosine agar	−	30	++
Peptone yeast extract iron agar	+	33	+++
(2) Utilization of carbon sources		40 – 45	Wg
Fructose	+++	50	−
D-glucose	+++	(6) Tolerance to NaCl (%)
D-mannitol	++	1 – 3	+++
L-arabinose	−	4	Wg
Inositol	−	5	−
L-rhamnose	−	(7) Degradation ability
D-xylose	Wg	Citrate	++
Sucrose	+++	Pectin	+
Cellulose	+	Tyrosine	−
Dextrin	Wg	Esculin	Wg
Glycerol	++	Xanthine	−
(3) Utilization of nitrogen sources		Urea	+
L-tyrosine	−	(8) Tolerance to growth inhibitors (%)
L-lysine	−	Crystal violet (0.0001)	+
L-arginine	++	Potassium tellurite (0.001)	−
L-asparagine	+++	Sodium azide (0.01)	+
L-cysteine	−	Phenol (0.1)	−
L-histidine	+	(9) Sensitivity to antibiotics (μg)
L-phenylalanine	+	Gentamicin (30)	S
L-tryptophan	+++	Rifampicin (50)	S
(4) Growth at different pH values		Vancomycin (50)	R
5	Wg	Streptomycin (50)	R
6	+	Penicillin G (10 IU)	R
7	+	(10) Other biochemical tests
8	++	Nitrate reduction	+
9	++	H2S production	−
10	+++	Amylase	+
11	+	Catalase	+
12	−	Lipase	+

“−” Negative, “Wg” weak growth, “+” Moderate, “++” Good, “+++” Abundant growth, “R” Resistant, “S” Sensitive.