Table 7.

Physiological and biochemical characteristics of strain YF1702

Sugar fermentation tests
Sugars	Characteristics of YF1702	Sugars	Characteristics of YF1702	Sugars	Characteristics of YF1702
d-Glucose	Acid and gas production	d-Galactose	No acid, no gas	d-Maltose	Acid production, no gas
d-Saccharose	Acid production, no gas	d-Lactose	Acid production, no gas	d-Fructose	Acid and gas production
L-Sorbose	No acid, no gas	d-Arabinose	Acid production, no gas	d-Xylose	No acid, no gas

Carbon source assimilation tests
Carbon sources	Characteristics of YF1702	Carbon sources	Characteristics of YF1702	Carbon sources	Characteristics of YF1702
d-Glucose	+	d-Galactose	+	d-Maltose	+
d-Saccharose	+	d-Lactose	+	d-Fructose	+
l-Sorbose	−	d-Arabinose	+	d-Xylose	+
Glycerol	−	Ethanol	+	Mannose	−
Soluble starch	+	α-Lactose	−	Cellobiose	−
Synanthrin	−	d-Ribose	+	d-Raffinose	+

Nitrogen source assimilation tests
Nitrogen sources	Characteristics of YF1702	Nitrogen sources	Characteristics of YF1702	Nitrogen sources	Characteristics of YF1702
Urea	+	Potassium nitrite	−	Ammonium sulfate	+
Potassium nitrate	+	L-Phenylalanine	+	Ammonium nitrate	−
Sodium nitrate	−	Sodium nitrite	−	Aluminium nitrate	−
Other tests
Starch hydrolysis test	+	Methyl red test	−	Indole test	−
Voges-Proskauer test	−	Hydrogen sulfide test	−	Citrate test	+
Urea test	+	Gelatin liquidized test	−	Litmus test	+
Sodium chloride osmolarity test	0–10% (w/v)	Glucose osmolarity test	0–90% (w/v)	Saccharose osmolarity test	0–90% (w/v)
Ethanol tolerance test	0–9% (v/v)	Growth temperature range	15–45 °C (optimum 30 °C)	Growth pH range	1.0–11.0 (optimum pH 6.0)

 +  Positive response, − Negative response