Research Article
Isolation and Characterization of Paracoccus sp. GSM2 Capable of Degrading Textile Azo Dye Reactive Violet 5
Table 1
Biochemical and sugar utilization tests of bacterial strain GSM2.
| Characteristics | Bacterial strain GSM2 |
| Catalase | − | Oxidase | + | Urease | + | Citrate utilization | − | Nitrate reduction | + | Glucose | + | Adonitol | + | Lactose | − | Sorbitol | + | Esculin hydrolysis | − | Xylose | − | Maltose | + | Fructose | + | Galactose | − | Raffinose | − | Trehalose | + | Melibiose | − | Sucrose | + | L-Arabinose | + | Mannose | + | Inulin | + | Sodium gluconate | + | Glycerol | + | Salicin | + | Dulcitol | + | Inositol | + | Mannitol | [+] | Arabitol | + | Erythritol | [+] | α-Methyl-D-glucoside | + | Rhamnose | + | Cellobiose | + | Melezitose | + | α-Methyl-D-mannoside | − | Xylitol | − | ONPG | − | D-Arabinose | + | Malonate utilization | + | Sorbose | − |
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+: positive, [+]: weakly positive, and −: negative.
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