Unknowns Species List

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Species Arrange Gelatin NaCl Urease Nitrate Catalase Glucose Lactose Sucrose Mannitol Pigment Oxidase Hemolysis Indole Methyl Red Vogues Proskauer Citrate Esculin Litmus Milk H2S Capsules Coagulase Inulin Motility CAMP Factor
Agrobacterium tumefaciens
N
B
Single
-
-6.5%
+
-
+
A
(+)V
(+)V
-
+
-
Alk
-
+
  
Enterobacter aerogenes
N
B
Single
-
-6.5%
-
-
+
AG
AG
AG
AG
-
-
-
+
+
+
+
  
Enterobacter cloacae
N
B
Single
-
-6.5%
V
+
+
AG
AG
AG
AG
--
-
-
-
+
+
V
AcG-R
-
+
  
Enterococcus faecalis
P
C-B
Chains
V
+6.5%
-
-
A
A
A
A
-
-
-/a
+
Ac-R
-
  
Escherichia coli
N
B
Single
-
-6.5%
-
+
+
AG
AG
V
AG
-
-
+
+
-
-
V
AcG-R
-
V
  
Micrococcus luteus
P
C
Clusters
+
-7%
+
-
+
-
-
-
-
+
+
-
-
-
A
-
  
Proteus mirabilis
N
B
Single
+
-6.5%
+
+
+
AG
-
-
-
-
-
+
V
V
-
+
  
Proteus vulgaris
N
B
Single
+
-6.5%
+
+
+
AG
-
AG
-
-
-
+
+
-
-
+
AlkP
+
+
  
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
N
B
Single
+
-6.5%
+
+
+
-
-
-
-
+
+
-
-
-
+
AlkP-R
+
  
Pseudomonas fluorescens
N
B
Single
-
-6.5%
+
+
+
-
-
-
-
+
+
-
-
-
(+)V
-
+
  
Salmonella typhimurium
N
B
Single
+
-6.5%
-
+
+
AG
-
-
AG
-
-
-
+
-
+
-
Alk
+
+
  
Shigella dysenteriae
N
B
Single
-
-6.5%
-
+
+
A
-
-
A
-
-
V
+
-
-
-
Alk
-
-
  
Staphylococcus aureus
P
C
Clusters
+
+7%
(+)V
+
+
A
A
A
A
+
-
b
(-)V
(-)V
+
(-)V
-
Ac
-
+
-
  
Staphylococcus epidermidis
P
C
Clusters
+
+7%
+
(+)V
+
A
V
A
-
-
-
-/a
(-)V
(-)V
+
(-)V
-
A
-
-
-
  
Streptococcus bovis
P
C
Chains
-6.5%
-
-
A
A
A
V
-
-
-/a
V
+
Ac-R
+
A
-
 -
Streptococcus mitis
P
C
Chains
-6.5%
-
-
A
A
A
-
-
-
a
-
-
Ac-R
-
-
 -
Streptococcus mutans
P
C
Chains
-6.5%
-
-
A
A
A
A
-
-
-
+
+
+
A
-
  
Streptococcus pyogenes
P
C
Chains
-6.5%
-
A
A
A
-
-
-
b
-
-
A
+
-
-
 -
Streptococcus agalactiae
P
C
Chains
-6.5%
-
A
A
A
-
-
-
b
+
-
Ac-R
+
-
-
 +