Table 1 Cultural and biochemical characteristic of the promising bacterial isolate
Test | Bacillus sp. NRC22017 |
|---|---|
Morphological characterization | |
Gram stain | Positive |
Motility | Positive |
Spore-former | Positive |
Appearance of the colony surface | Wrinkled |
Color | Creamy |
Elevation | Umbonate |
Edge | Entire |
Whole colony | Circular |
Pigmentation | No pigment |
Opacity of the bacterial colony | Opaque |
Biochemical characterization | |
Starch hydrolysis | Positive |
Voges-Proskauer | Negative |
Citrate utilization | Negative |
Nitrate reduction | Negative |
Oxidase | Positive |
Catalase | Positive |
Acid production from | |
Glucose | Positive |
Fructose | Positive |
Galactose | Negative |
Lactose | Negative |
Maltose | Negative |
Sucrose | Positive |
Mannose | Positive |
Xylose | Negative |