Table 4.
Morphological and biochemical characterization of PSB1, PSB3, and PSB4 isolates.
| Tests | Bacterial Isolate |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSB1 | PSB3 | PSB4 | ||
| Morphological | Color | Reddish | White | Cream |
| Shape | Rod-shape | Rod-shape | Rod-shape | |
| Gram staining | - | + | - | |
| Motility | Motile | Motile | Motile | |
| Endospores formation | + | + | - | |
| Biochemical | Indole test | - | - | + |
| Catalase Test | + | + | - | |
| Urease test | - | - | - | |
| Voges-Proskauer (VP) test | - | - | + | |
| Methyl Red (MR) test | - | - | - | |
| Citrate utilization | - | - | + | |