Research Article

Physiological Properties and Salmonella Growth Inhibition of Probiotic Bacillus Strains Isolated from Environmental and Poultry Sources

Table 1

Metabolization of different carbohydrates sources by selected isolates of Bacillus spp.*

NP122AM0904B2RW41AM0902AM1109AAM1109B

Amidon (starch)++++++
Amygdalin++++++
Arbutin+++++
D-Adonitol
D-Arabinose
D-Arabitol
D-Cellobiose+++++++
D-Fructose+++++++
D-Fucose
D-Galactose+++
D-Glucose+++++++
D-Lactose+++++
D-Lyxose
D-Maltose+++++++
D-Manitol+++++++
D-Mannose+++++++
D-Melezitose
D-Melibiose+++++
D-Raffinose+++++
D-Ribose+++++++
D-Saccharose+++++++
D-Sorbitol++++++
D-Tagatose++
D-Trehalose++++++
D-Turanose+++
Dulcitol
D-Xylose++++++
Erythritol
Esculin (ferric citrate)+++++++
Gentiobiose++
Glycerol+++++++
Glycogen++++++
Inositol ++++++
Inulin+ND
L-Arabinose+++++++
L-Arabitol
L-Fucose
L-Rhamnose+
L-Sorbose+
L-Xylose
Methyl- D-glucopyranoside++++++ND
Methyl- D-mannopyranoside+
Methyl- D-xylopyranoside
N-Acetylglucosamine+
Potassium 2-Ketogluconate
Potassium 5-Ketogluconate
Potassium gluconate
Salicin+++++++
Xylitol+

BioMerieux API 50 CHB test kit (catalog no. 50430, bioMerieux, Marcy l’Etoile, France).
Symbols: +: growth; −: no growth. ND: not determined.