Table 1.
Carbohydrate fermentation reactions of C. perfringens field isolates. These isolates were placed in groups on the basis of variation in the fermentation reactions of sugars by different isolates.
| Groups | Carbohydrate Fermentation | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clostridium perfringens | Glucose | Mannitol | Lactose | Sucrose | Maltose | Salicin | Xylose | Arabinose | Glycerol | Cellobiose | Mannose | Melezitose | Raffinose | Sorbitol | Rhamnose | Trehalose |
| Group I isolates | + | − | + | + | + | − | − | − | + | − | + | − | − | − | − | + |
| Group II isolates | + | − | + | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | + |
| Group III isolates | + | − | + | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | + | − | − | + |
| Group IV isolates | + | − | + | + | + | − | − | − | + | − | + | − | + | − | − | + |
| Esculin positive isolates (2%) | + | − | + | + | + | − | − | − | + | − | + | − | − | − | − | + |
| Indole positive isolate (<1%) | + | − | + | + | + | − | − | − | + | − | + | − | − | − | − | + |
+: indicates sugar fermentation and −: no sugar fermentation.