Table 3. Physiological and biochemical characteristic results of BZ25.

Items	Results	Items	Results	Items	Results
Gram staining	+	catalase	−	oxidase	−
Fermentation of carbohydrates to acid production
ᴅ-ribose	+*	ᴅ-glucose	+	ᴅ-galactose	+
esculin	+	α-methyl-ᴅ-glucoside	+	amygdalin	+
lactose	+	salicin	+	cellobiose	+
maltose	+	melibiose	+	sucrose	+
raffinose	+	gentibiose	+	glycerol	−
ᴅ-mannose	−	erythritol	−	ᴅ-arabinose	−
L-arabinose	−	ᴅ-xylose	−	ʟ-xylose	−
adonitol	−	β-methyl-ᴅ-xyloside	−	ᴅ-fructose	−
ʟ-sorbose	−	ʟ-rhamnose	−	dulcitol	−
mannitol	−	sorbitol	−	trehalose	−
arbutin	−	α-methyl-ᴅ-mannopyranoside	−	ᴅ-tagatose	−
inulin	−	N-acetyl-glucosamine	−	glycogen	−
melezitose	−	starch	−	ᴅ-lyxose	−
xylitol	−	ᴅ-turanose	−	ᴅ-arabinitol	−
ᴅ-fucose	−	ʟ-fucose	−	ʟ-arabinitol	−
gluconate	−	2-keto-ᴅ-gluconate	−	Inositol	−

Note: * + and − represented positive and negative, respectively.