Table 2.

The results from biochemical tests on intestinal bacterial microflora (stool culture) of rabbits before treatment with Kombucha extract

Klebsiella oxytoca	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	Providencia rettgery	Proteus mirabilis	Enterobacter aerogenes	Bacterial sp./ Biochemical tests
-	*	-	-	-	Arginine dihydrolase
+	*	-	-	+	Lysine decarboxylase
-	*	-	+	+	Ornithine decarboxylase
+	+	+	-	+	Manitol fermentation
+	-	-	+	+	Sucrose fermentation
+	-	-	-	+	Lactose fermentation
+	-	+	+	+	Glucose fermentation
-	+	+	+	+	Motility
+	-	+	-	-	Endol production
-	-	-	+	-	SH2 production
A/A	K/K	K/A	K/A; gas	K/A; gas	Growth on Triple sugar Iron agar
+	+	+	+	+	Citrate utilization
+	-	-	+	+	Voges–Proskauer test
+	-	+	+	-	Methyl red test
+	+/-	+	+	+	Urease
-	+	-	-	-	Oxidase
+	+	+	+	+	Catalase
*	Oxidative	*	*	*	Oxidative/Fermentative test
*	Green-blue	-	-	-	Pigment

(+) positive result, (-) negative result, (*) not ordinary for identification of the bacterium