Table 2.

Biochemical profile of standard strains and confirmed soil isolates

Substrate	Standard strains		Soil isolates
	Burkholderia pseudomalleiNTCC10274	Burkholderia pseudomalleiNTCC1688	DRDEBPS 1001	DRDEBPS 1002	DRDEBPS 1003	DRDEBPS 1004
Nitrate	+	+	+	+	+	+
Tryptophan	+	+	+	+	+	+
Glucose (acidification)	+	+	+	+	+	+
Arginine	+	+	+	+	+	+
Urea*	-	-	-	-	-	-
Esculin*	-	-	+	+	+	+
Gelatin	+	+	+	+	+	+
PNPG	-	-	-	-	-	-
Assimilation of
Glucose	+	+	+	+	+	+
Arabinose	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mannose	+	+	+	+	+	+
Mannitol	+	+	+	+	+	+
N-Acetyl glucosamine	+	+	+	+	+	+
Maltose	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gluconate	+	+	+	+	+	+
Caprate	+	+	+	+	+	+
Adipate	+	+	+	+	+	+
Malate	+	+	+	+	+	+
Citrate	+	+	+	+	+	+
Phenyl acetate	+	+	+	+	+	+

*Variable tests for B. pseudomallei.