Table 3 Morphological and biochemical characterization of isolates
Characteristic | Bacterial isolates | ||
|---|---|---|---|
ML5 | ML12 | MS12 | |
Morphological features | |||
 Color | Creamy red | White | Creamy red |
 Shape | Rod | Rod | Long Rod |
 Surface | Smooth | Smooth | Smooth |
 Opacity | Opaque | Opaque | Opaque |
 Gram staining | Positive | Positive | Positive |
 Motility | Motile | Motile | Motile |
 Endospore staining | Positive | Positive | Positive |
Biochemical characteristic | |||
 Sucrose hydrolysis | Positive | Positive | Positive |
 Lactose hydrolysis | Negative | Negative | Positive |
 Glucose hydrolysis | Positive | Positive | Positive |
 Fructose hydrolysis | Positive | Positive | Negative |
 Mannitol hydrolysis | Positive | Negative | Positive |
 Starch hydrolysis | Positive | Positive | Positive |
 Galactose hydrolysis | Positive | Positive | Positive |
 Indole test | Negative | Negative | Negative |
 Methyl red test | Negative | Positive | Positive |
 Urease test | Negative | Negative | Positive |
 Voges-Proskauer test | Positive | Negative | Positive |
 Casein hydrolysis | Positive | Positive | Positive |
 Citrate utilization test | Positive | Negative | Negative |
 Gelatin hydrolysis | Positive | Positive | Positive |
 Catalase test | Positive | Positive | Positive |
 Similarity of bacteria | Bacillus sp. | Bacillus sp. | Bacillus sp. |