Isolation and Characterization of Chitosan-Producing Bacteria from Beaches of Chennai, India

Table 1

Colony morphology of recovered isolates of soil samples.

	Isolate	Form	Size	Color	Margin	Elevation	Surface	Opacity	Organism
1	S1	Circular	Small	Dirty white	Entire	Raised	Smooth	Opaque	Staphylococcus sp.
2	S2	Circular	Small	Yellow	Entire	Flat	Smooth	Opaque	Micrococcus sp.
3	S3	Circular	Small	White	Entire	Raised	Dry	Opaque	Bacillus sp.
4	S4	Circular	Small	Dirty white	Entire	Flat	Smooth	Opaque	Streptococcus sp.
5	S5	Irregular	Small	Greyish	Senate	Raised	Smooth	Opaque	Proteus sp.
6	S6	Circular	Small	White	Entire	Raised	Dry	Opaque	Bacillus sp.
7	S7	Irregular	Small	White	Entire	Raised	Smooth	Opaque	Alcaligens sp.
8	S8	Circular	Small	White	Entire	Raised	Smooth	Translucent	Unidentified
9	S9	Circular	Small	White	Entire	Raised	Smooth	Opaque	Unidentified
10	S10	Circular	Small	Yellow	Entire	Raised	Smooth	Opaque	Staphylococcus sp.
11	S11	Circular	Small	Dirty white	Entire	Flat	Smooth	Opaque	Streptococcus sp.
12	S12	Circular	Small	Yellow	Entire	Raised	Smooth	Opaque	Micrococcus sp.
13	S13	Circular	Small	Light green	Entire	Raised	Wrinkled	Opaque	Pseudomonas sp.
14	S14	Circular	Small	Red	Entire	Raised	Smooth	Opaque	Serritia sp.
15	S15	Circular	Small	Light green	Entire	Raised	Wrinkled	Opaque	Pseudomonas sp.
16	S16	Circular	Small	White	Entire	Raised	Dry	Opaque	Bacillus sp.
17	S17	Circular	Small	Dirty white	Entire	Raised	Smooth	Opaque	Unidentified
18	S18	Circular	Small	White	Entire	Flat	Smooth	Translucent	Unidentified
19	S19	Circular	Small	White	Entire	Raised	Dry	Opaque	Bacillus sp.
20	S20	Circular	Small	Light green	Entire	Raised	Wrinkled	Opaque	Pseudomonas sp.