TABLE 1.

Results of biochemical tests performed on the parent strain and an L-phase variant of Streptobacillus moniliformis^a

Test	Result
	Parent strain	L-phase variant
Oxidase	Negative	Negative
Catalase	Negative	Negative
Indole	Negative	Negative
Nitrate	Negative	Negative
Hydrogen sulfide	Negative	Negative
Arginine hydrolysis	Positive	Positive
Methyl red	Negative	Negative
Phenylalanine deaminase	Negative	Negative
Citrate	Negative	Negative
Urea hydrolysis	Negative	Negative
Esculin hydrolysis	Weak reaction	Weak reaction
Glucose fermentation	Positive	Positive
Galactose fermentation	Weak reaction	Positive
Maltose fermentation	Weak reaction	Positive
Mannose fermentation	Weak reaction	Weak reaction
Other carbohydrates	Negative	Negative
TSI agar with serum (butt/slant)	Acid/acid	Acid/acid

^aData are from references 17, 72, and 91.