Table 3 Physiological and biochemical characteristics of strain CGII isolate from the wastewater of a cassava flour mill in Brazil

Decarboxylation of:

Assimilation of:

 Citrate

–

 Arabinose

–

Decomposition of:

 Ribose

–

 Tyrosine

–

 Glycoside

+

 Casein

–

 Galactose

–

 Tetrazolium red

–

 Inositol

–

 Urea

–

 Lactose

+

 Esculin

–

 Maltose

–

 Starch

+

 Mannitol

–

 Gelatin

–

 Raffinose

–

 Tween

–

 Rhamnose

+

 Potassium thiocyanate

–

 Salicin

–

 Potassium gluconate

–

 Sorbitol

–

 Phosphate

–

 Trehalose

–

 Nitro-phenyl glycoside

+

 Tagatose

–

 Nitro-phenyl phosphate

+

 Isoleucine

+

 Nitro-phenyl cellobioside

+

 Lysine

+

 Sodium chloride

+

 Maltotriose

+

 Sodium acetate

+

 Methyl-β-glycoside

+

 Glycerol

–

 Leucine

+

 Nitro-phenyl maltoside

–

 Proline

+

Growth on:

 Ornithine

–

 NaCl

–

 Inulin

–

Production of:

 Glucosaminide

–

 Nitrate reductase

–

 Inositol

–

 Lecithinase

+

 Glucose

–

 Phenylalanine desaminase

–

 Fructose

+

 Indol

–

 Arabinose

–

 Tryptophan

–

 Amylopectin

–

 Arginine

+

 Saccharose

–

 Potassium ketogluconate

–

 Dulcitol

–

 Oleandomycin

–

 Sorbose

–

 Mandelic acid

–

 Gentiobiose

–

 Erythritol

–