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. 2010 Mar 1;41(1):196–200. doi: 10.1590/S1517-838220100001000028

Table 1.

Morphological, physiological and biochemical comparison of Bacillus strains isolated from decomposing feathers.

Tests	Bacillus strains
Tests	KB008	KB037	KB043	KB059	KB069	KB081	KB087	KB099
Morphology	Rods	Rods	Rods	Rods	Rods	Rods	Rods	Rods
Gram staining	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Endospores	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Motility	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	+
Growth in pH	5.0	-	W	+	+	-	W	-	-
	6.0	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	-
	7.0	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	8.0	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	9.0	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Growth at temperature	10°C	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-
Growth at temperature	25°C	+	+	W	+	+	+	+	+
	35°C	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	45°C	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+
	50°C	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	-
Growth in NaCl	2%	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	4%	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	7%	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+
	10%	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-
Anaerobic growth	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	-
Growth in carbohydrates	Glucose	+	-	+	+	-	+	-	+
Growth in carbohydrates	Arabinose	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	+
	Galactose	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	-
	Cellibiose	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	-
	Melizitose	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-
	Ribose	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	-
	Maltose	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	+
	Fructose	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	-
	Sucrose	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	-
	Xylose	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+
	Mannitol	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-
	Citrate	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	+
Hydrolysis of	Starch	+	-	+	+	+	-	-	+
	Casein	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Gelatin	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Tween 20	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-
	Tween 80	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-
Biochemical tests	Catalase	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Oxidase	+	-	+	+	+	-	+	+
	VP test	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-
	NO₃ reduction	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	+
	Urease	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-

+, Positive; -, Negative; W, Weak Growth.