Research Article

Isolation, Screening, and Identification of Cellulolytic Bacteria from Natural Reserves in the Subtropical Region of China and Optimization of Cellulase Production by Paenibacillus terrae ME27-1

Table 2

Physiological and biochemical properties of strain ME27-1.

CharacteristicsReaction

Motility+
Catalase+
H2S production
Nitrate reduction+
Hydrolyzing ability
 Starch+
 Gelatin+
Acid fermentation
 Glycerol
 Ribose+
-Methyl-D-xyloside
 Mannose+
 Inositol
-Methyl-glucoside+
 Esculin+
 Lactose+
 Synanthrin
 Glycogen+
 D-Lyxose
 D(L)-Arabitol
 5-Keto-gluconate
 Erythritol
 D-Xylose+
 Galactose
 Sorbose
 Mannitol
 N-Acetyl-glucosamine
 Salicine+
 Melibiose+
 Melezitose
 Xylitol
 D-Tagatose
 D-Arabinose
 L-Xylose+
 Glucose
 Rhamnose
 Sorbitol
 Amygdalin+
 Cellobiose+
 Sucrose+
 Raffinose+
 Gentiobiose+
 D-Fucose
 Gluconate
 L-Arabinose+
 Adonitol
 Fructose+
 Dulcitol
-Methyl-D-xyloside
 Arbutin+
 Maltose+
 Trehalose+
 Starch+
 D-Turanose
 L-Fucose
 2-Keto-gluconate

“+”: positive reaction; “−”: negative reaction.