TABLE 2.
Phenotypic and biochemical characteristics of bacterial isolates
| Characteristic | Response to S. entomophila strain
|
Response to S. marcescens strain
|
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mor4.1 | A1MO2 | S-48 | MAC | ATCC 13082 | |
| Catalase reaction | + | + | + | + | + |
| Gram stain reaction | − | − | − | − | − |
| Nitrate reduction | + | + | + | + | + |
| Acid production when grown on: | |||||
| Adonitol | + | + | + | + | + |
| Arabinose | − | − | − | − | − |
| Citrate | + | + | + | + | + |
| Glucose | + | + | + | + | + |
| Inositol | + | + | + | + | + |
| Lactose | − | − | − | − | − |
| Maltose | + | + | + | + | + |
| Mannitol | − | + | + | + | + |
| Melibiose | − | − | − | − | − |
| Raffinose | − | − | − | − | − |
| Rhamnose | − | − | − | − | − |
| Sorbitol | − | − | + | + | + |
| Sucrose | + | + | + | + | + |
| Xylose | + | + | − | − | − |
| Arginine dihydrolase | − | − | − | − | − |
| Gelatin hydrolyzed | + | + | + | + | + |
| Esculin hydrolyzed | + | + | + | + | + |
| ONPG hydrolyzed | + | + | + | − | + |
| Urea hydrolyzed | − | − | − | − | − |
| DNase production | + | + | + | + | + |
| H2S production | − | − | − | − | − |
| Indole production | − | − | − | − | − |
| Oxidase production | − | − | − | − | − |
| Lysine decarboxylase | − | − | + | + | + |
| Ornithine decarboxylase | − | − | + | + | + |
| Acetamide test | − | − | − | − | − |
| Malonate test | − | − | − | − | − |
| Methyl red test | − | − | − | − | − |
| Voges-Proskauer test | + | + | + | + | + |
| Tartrate test | − | − | − | − | − |
| Caprylate-thallous | + | + | + | + | + |
| Glucose | + | + | + | + | + |
| Indoxyl-β-d-glucoside | + | + | + | + | − |
| Itaconate | − | − | − | − | − |
| Triclosana | + | + | + | + | + |
| P-Cumaric acid | + | + | + | + | + |
| Peptone-tryptophan | + | + | + | + | + |
| Polymyxin B | + | + | + | + | + |
| Tryptophan deaminase | − | − | − | − | − |
| Motility | + | + | + | + | + |
a
Triclosan, 2,4,4′-trichloro-2′-hydroxydiphenyl ether.