Table 2.

Morphologic and physio-biochemical differences between fusant BD2 and its parents.

Characteristic	BD2	CTN-16	MBC-3
Morphology	Yellow, wet	Yellow, wet	Yellowish, wet
Growth temperature (°C)	15–42	15–40	10–40
NaCl range for growth (%, w/v)	0–10	0–6	0–6
pH range for growth	4–12	5–9	3–12
Glucose	P	P	P
Maltose	P	P	P
Lactose	P	P	P
Inositol	P	P	N
Motility	P	P	N
Gram strain	N	N	P
Indole production	P	P	N
Kanamycin	S	S	R
Kmpicillin	R	R	S
Geneticin	S	S	R
MBC degradation	P	N	P
CTN degradation	P	P	N
DNA G + C content (mol %)	56.8	63.7	67.1

P, positive; N, negative; R, resistant; S, sensitive.