Table 1 Phenotypic characteristics of Chromobacterium sp. isolates.
From: Analysis of Chromobacterium sp. natural isolates from different Brazilian ecosystems
Biochemical Characteristics | Percentage of positive bacterial isolates | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Geographic Regions | ||||
Type strain | ERF (11)* | AF (6) | BS (26) | |
β-galactosidase (ONPG) | - | 0 | 0 | 19 |
Arginine dihydrolase (ADH) | + | 91 | 100 | 50 |
Lysine decarboxylase (LDC) | - | 0 | 0 | 15 |
Ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) | - | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Citrate (CIT) | - | 0 | 0 | 46 |
H2S production (H2S) | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Urease (URE) | - | 0 | 0 | 19 |
Tryptophanane deaminase (TDA) | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Indole production (IND) | - | 64 | 100 | 8 |
Acetoin production (VP) | - | 36 | 100 | 69 |
Gelatinase (GEL) | + | 100 | 83 | 73 |
Fermentation/oxidation: | ||||
Glucose (GLU) | - | 9 | 100 | 19 |
Mannitol (MAN) | - | 0 | 0 | 19 |
Inositol (INO) | - | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Sorbitol (SOR) | - | 0 | 0 | 19 |
Rhamnose (RHA) | - | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Sucrose (SAC) | - | 9 | 0 | 12 |
Melibiose (MEL) | - | 0 | 0 | 15 |
Amygdalin (AMY) | - | 0 | 0 | 15 |
Arabinose (ARA) | - | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Motility (MOT) | + | 100 | 83 | 81 |
MacConkey (McC) | + | 82 | 83 | 85 |