Table 4 Biochemical characterizations of isolated bacteria from termite gut
No. | Characterizations | Isolates | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AFC1 | AFC2 | AFC3 | AFC4 | AFC5 | ||
1 | Zone diameter (mm) | 22 | 10 | 31 | 25 | 11 |
2 | Oxidase | + | − | + | + | − |
3 | Catalase | + | + | + | + | + |
4 | Indole production | − | − | + | − | − |
5 | Methyl-red | + | + | + | − | + |
6 | Voges–Proskauer | − | − | − | + | + |
7 | Citrate utilization | − | + | + | + | + |
8 | Nitrate | ± | − | − | + | + |
9 | Urease | − | + | + | ± | ± |
10 | Esculine | + | − | + | − | + |
11 | l-Arginine | − | − | + | + | + |
12 | Gelatin | − | + | + | ± | + |
13 | H2S production | − | − | − | − | − |
Sugar utilization | ||||||
14 | d-Glucose | + | − | + | + | + |
15 | d-Lactose | + | − | + | − | − |
16 | d-Sucrose | − | − | + | − | − |
17 | d-Ribose | − | − | + | − | + |
18 | l-Arabinose | ± | − | + | + | − |
19 | d-Mannitol | + | − | – | + | − |
20 | d-Sorbitol | − | − | – | − | − |
21 | Glycogene | + | − | – | − | + |