Table 2.
Biochemical properties of the isolated cellulolytic bacteria.
| Testa | Strains | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. subtilis | B. subtilis | ||||
| SL9-9 C5-16 S52-2 | KACC 10111 | KCTC 3560 | |||
| Control | − | − | − | − | − |
| Glycerol | + | + | + | + | + |
| Erythritol | − | − | − | − | − |
| L-arabinose | + | + | + | + | + |
| D-ribose | + | + | + | + | + |
| D-xylose | + | v | v | + | v |
| L-xylose | − | − | − | − | − |
| D-adonitol | − | − | − | − | − |
| D-glucose | + | + | + | + | + |
| D-fructose | + | + | + | + | + |
| D-mannose | + | + | + | + | + |
| L-sorbose | − | − | − | − | − |
| L-rhamnose | − | − | − | − | − |
| Dulcitol | − | − | − | − | − |
| Inositol | + | + | + | + | + |
| D-mannitol | + | + | + | + | + |
| D-sorbitol | + | + | + | + | + |
| Methyl-αD-glucopyranoside | + | + | − | + | + |
| N-acetyl-glucosamine | − | − | − | − | − |
| Amygdalin | + | + | − | + | v |
| Arbutin | + | + | + | + | + |
| Esculin ferric citrate | + | + | + | + | + |
| Methyl-β-xylopyranoside | − | − | − | − | − |
| D-lactose (bovine origin) | + | − | + | − | − |
| D-arabinose | − | − | − | − | − |
| Salicin | + | + | − | + | + |
| D-cellobiose | + | + | + | + | + |
| D-maltose | + | + | − | + | + |
| D-melibiose | + | + | + | + | v |
| D-saccharose | + | + | + | + | + |
| D-trehalose | + | + | + | + | + |
| Inulin | − | + | − | + | v |
| D-melezitose | − | − | − | − | − |
| Glycogen | + | + | − | + | + |
| Xylitol | − | − | − | − | − |
| Gentiobiose | − | v | − | − | v |
| D-turanose | − | + | − | + | v |
| D-lyxose | − | − | − | − | − |
| D-tagatose | − | − | − | − | − |
| D-fucose | − | − | − | − | − |
| L-fucose | − | − | − | − | − |
| D-arabitol | − | − | − | − | − |
| Potassium gluconate | − | + | − | + | − |
| Potassium2-ketogluconate | − | − | − | − | − |
| D-galactose | − | − | − | − | − |
| D-raffinose | + | + | + | + | v |
| Potassium5-ketogluconate | − | − | − | − | − |
| Methyl-αD-mannopyranoside | − | − | − | − | − |
| AmiDon (Starch) | + | + | − | + | + |
| L-arabitol | − | − | − | − | − |
aAPI 50CHB Kit (BioMérieux, France) was used to determine positive (+) or negative (−); v: variable.