Table 5.
1. Product | Ngari | Hentaak | ||||||
2. Colony code | Ng-1 | Ng-2 | Ng-3 | Ng-4 | Hn-1 | Hn-2 | Hn-3 | |
3. Color & size* | Y, B | Y, S | W, B | W, S | Y, S | W, B | W, S | |
4. Cell morphology | - All were coccus - | |||||||
5. Gram’s stain | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | |
6. Catalase | − | + | − | + | + | + | + | |
7. Oxidase | + | + | − | − | + | − | − | |
8. Growth at pH | 4.0 | − | − | + | − | − | − | + |
7.0 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | |
9.0 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | |
9. O/F test | +/+ | +/+ | +/+ | +/+ | +/+ | +/+ | +/+ | |
10. MR/VP | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | +/− | |
11. Citrate test | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | |
12. Indole | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | |
13. Amylase | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | |
14. Lipolysis | − | − | − | − | + | − | + | |
15. Deaminase | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | |
16. Salt (%) Tolerance | 0 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
2 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | |
4 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | |
6 | − | − | + | + | + | + | + | |
8 | − | − | + | − | + | − | + | |
17. Sugars Fermented | Maltose | + | + | + | − | + | + | + |
Lactose | + | + | − | + | + | − | − | |
Mannitol | + | + | − | + | − | − | + | |
Sucrose | − | + | − | + | − | − | − | |
Sorbitol | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | |
Glucose | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | |
Dextrose | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | |
18. Suspected bacterial genus# | LAB | Mic. | LAB | Staph | Mic | Staph | Staph |
*Colour codes W & Y represent white and yellow respectively; size codes S & B represent small and big respectively
#LAB – lactic acid bacteria (either Lactococcus or Streptococcus); Mic : Micrococcus; Staph : Staphylococcus