Research Article
Isolation of Bacillus sphaericus from Lombok Island, Indonesia, and Their Toxicity against Anopheles aconitus
Table 1
Characteristics of B. sphaericus isolated from Lombok Island.
| Characteristics | Results/isolated | Standard |
| Cell | | | Form | Rod | Rod | Gram reaction | Positive | Positive | Size () | 3.0–5.0 × 0.5–0.75 m | 1.5–5.0 × 0.6–1.0 m | Endospore | Positive | Positive | Endospore position | Terminal | Terminal/subterminal | Bulging endosporangium | Positive | Positive | Morphology | | | Form | Round | Round | Margin | Entire | Entire | Surface | Flat and smooth | Flat and smooth | Color | White-cream | Opaque (grown on nutrient agar) | Biochemical and physiological | | | Catalase | Positive | Positive | Starch hydrolysis | Negative | Negative | Acid production from sugar | Negative | Negative | Nitrate reduction | Negative | Negative | Urease | Positive | Positive | Oxidase | Positive | Positive | Aerobicity | Aerobe | Aerobe | Sensitivity to streptomycin | Resistant | Resistant | Sensitivity to chloramphenicol | Sensitive | Sensitive | Sensitivity to penicillin | Sensitive | Sensitive | Sensitivity to tetracycline | Sensitive | Sensitive | Sensitivity to amoxicillin | Sensitive | Sensitive | Sensitivity to vancomycin | Sensitive | Sensitive | Sensitivity to erythromycin | Sensitive | Sensitive | Sensitivity to gentamicin | Sensitive | Sensitive | Sensitivity to ciprofloxacin | Sensitive | Sensitive |
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