TABLE 1.
Biochemical comparisons of Klebsiella speciesa
Biochemical parameter |
K. pneumoniae subsp. |
K. variicola | Klebsiella oxytoca | Raoultella planticola | Strain 10982 | E. aerogenes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
pneumoniae | ozaenae | rhinoscleromatis | ||||||
Indole | − | − | − | − | + | vb | − | − |
Lysine | + | v | − | v | + | + | + | + |
Ornithine | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | + |
Motility | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | + |
Citrate | + | + | − | + | + | + | + | + |
Urease | + | − | − | + | + | + | + | NK |
Adonitol | + | + | + | − | NKc | NK | − | NK |
Malonate | + | − | + | + | + | + | − | + |
Voges-Proskauer | + | − | − | v | + | v | + | + |
Methyl red | − | + | + | v | − | + | − | − |