TABLE 6.
Profile of the 51 strains of biotype 3 in Microscan system, using Neg Combo 20 panelsa
| Substrate | % (No.) of positive strains | Result for control strain
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Biotype 1 | Biotype 2 | ||
| Glucose | 100 (51) | + | + |
| Raffinose | 0 (0) | − | − |
| Inositol | 0 (0) | − | − |
| Urea | 0 (0) | − | − |
| Lysine | 0 (0) | − | − |
| Tryptophan deaminase | 0 (0) | − | − |
| Citrate | 14 (7) | − | − |
| Colistin (4 mcg/ml) (gr.) | 100 (51) | + | − |
| Sucrose | 0 (0) | − | − |
| Rhamnose | 0 (0) | − | − |
| Adonitol | 0 (0) | − | − |
| H2S | 0 (0) | − | − |
| Arginine | 0 (0) | − | − |
| Esculine | 0 (0) | − | − |
| Malonate | 0 (0) | − | − |
| Cephalotin (8 mcg/ml) (gr.) | 14 (7) | − | + |
| Sornitol | 0 (0) | − | − |
| Arabinose | 0 (0) | − | − |
| Mellobiose | 0 (0) | − | − |
| Indol | 100 (51) | − | − |
| Omithine | 0 (0) | − | − |
| VP | 0 (0) | − | − |
| ONPG | 0 (0) | − | + |
a
Substrates that give a positive result with all 51 strains are boldfaced. gr., growth; VP, Voges-Proskeuer; ONPG, o-nitrophenyl-β-d-galactopyranoside.