Table 2 Characterization of bacterial strains using the data obtained from biochemical and morphological analysis
From: Antibiofilm activity of symbiotic Bacillus species associated with marine gastropods
S. no | Biochemical and physiological test | Symbiotic bacterial strains | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TPM7 | TPM 9 | TPM10 | TPM13 | TPM21 | CAL9 | CAL10 | CAL11 | CAL16 | CAL20 | KKI3 | KKI4 | KKI8 | KKI11 | KKI12 | |||
1 | Gram staining | + | − | − | − | − | + | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | |
2 | Morphology | Rod | Rod | Rod | Rod | Rod | Rod | Rod | Rod | Rod | Rod | Rod | Rod | Rod | Rod | Rod | |
3 | Motility | − | + | + | + | + | − | + | − | + | + | − | + | + | − | − | |
4 | Indole production | + | − | + | − | − | + | − | + | − | + | − | − | + | − | + | |
5 | Methyl red | − | + | − | + | + | − | + | − | + | + | − | + | − | − | − | |
6 | Voges–Proskauer | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | |
7 | Citrate utilization | + | − | + | − | − | + | − | + | − | + | + | − | + | + | + | |
8 | Starch hydrolysis | + | + | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | + | − | − | + | |
9 | Urea hydrolysis | + | − | − | − | − | + | − | + | + | − | + | − | − | + | + | |
10 | TSI | Alkaline | + | + | − | + | + | + | + | + | − | + | + | − | + | + | + |
Acid | + | − | − | + | + | − | + | + | − | − | + | + | − | + | + | ||
Gas | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | ||
H2S | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | ||
11 | Catalase | + | + | + | − | − | + | + | + | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | |
12 | Oxidase | − | − | + | + | + | − | − | − | + | + | + | − | + | + | − | |
13 | Nitrate reduction | + | − | + | + | + | + | − | + | + | + | + | − | + | + | + | |
14 | Casein hydrolysis | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | + | − | − | + | − | |
15 | Gelatin hydrolysis | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | + | − | + | − | |
16 | BMDB | Bac. | Pse. | Pse. | Alt. | Alt. | Bac. | Pse. | Bac. | Alt. | Aer. | Fla. | Pse. | Pse. | Fla. | Bac. | |