Table 1.
Phenotypic characters used for identification and separation of species investigated.
| M. haemolytica | M. glucosida | M. ruminalis | |
| Gram-staining | - | - | - |
| Catalase | + | + | + |
| Oxidase | + | + | d |
| Motility | - | - | - |
| Haemolysis on ovine blood | + | + | d |
| Haemolysis on bovine blood | + | + | - |
| H&L, glucose | F | F | F |
| Urease | - | - | - |
| Indole | - | - | - |
| D(+)mannose | - | - | - |
| Trehalose | - | - | - |
| L(+)arabinose | - | d | - |
| α-fucosidase | + | + | - |
| β-glucosidase | - | + | - |
| CAMP reaction | +/weak | + | - |
+: ≥ 90% strains are positive, -: < 10% strains are positive, d: <90 and ≥10 positive, (+): Late positive (3–14 days), F: fermentative [1].