Table 3.

Morphological, physiological and biochemical characteristics of maximum pectinase producing bacterial strain.

Cellular characteristics
Gram’ staining	Positive
Morphology	Rods with rounded ends
Motility	Motile
Spore	Central to para-central, ellipsoidal to cylindrical in shape
Size	0.6–1.0 μm in length
Colonial morphology
Nutrient agar	Finely wrinkled, dull, opaque, adherent colonies
Fermentation reaction
Glucose	Acid
Maltose	Acid
Galactose	Acid
Adonitol	–
Mannose	–
Sucrose	–
Biochemical reaction
Indole	Negative
Methyl red	Negative
Voges Proskauer	Positive
Citrate	Negative