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Endosymbiotic Bacteria Associated with the Mealy Bug, Rhizoecus amorphophalli (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)

Table 1

Phenotypic characters of bacterial isolates from mealy bug, Rhizoecus amorphophalli.

(a)


Isolate	Colony characters	Gram reaction	Shape	Acid production							ONPG
Isolate	Colony characters	Gram reaction	Shape	Dextrose	Lactose	Sucrose	Mannitol	Maltose	Fructose	Starch	ONPG

Rhizo 1	Circular, entirely flat	P	Rod	P	P	N	N	N	N	N	N
Rhizo 2	Circular, entirely flat	P	Rod	P	P	N	N	N	N	N	N
Rhizo 3	Circular, entirely flat	P	Rod	P	P	N	N	N	N	N	N
Rhizo 4	Irregular, creamy yellow, lobate	P	Cocci	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	N
Rhizo 5	Small, irregular, lobate, white	P	Cocci	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	N

(b)


Isolate	Urease	IMViC				TSI	Nitrate production	MIO	Motility	Phenotypic identification	16S rDNA identification
Isolate	Urease	Indole	MR	VP	Citrate	TSI	Nitrate production	MIO	Motility	Phenotypic identification	16S rDNA identification

Rhizo 1	SP	N	N	N	P	Acidic slant, acidic butt	P	N	Motile	Bacillus sp.	Bacillus subtilis
Rhizo 2	SP	N	N	N	P	Acidic slant, acidic butt	P	N	Motile	Bacillus sp.	Bacillus subtilis
Rhizo 3	SP	N	N	N	P	Acidic slant, acidic butt	P	N	Motile	Bacillus sp.	Bacillus subtilis
Rhizo 4	P	N	P	N	P	Acidic slant, acidic butt	P	N	Motile	Staphylococcus sp.	Staphylococcus gallinarum
Rhizo 5	P	N	N	N	P	Acidic slant, acidic butt	P	N	Nonmotile	Staphylococcus sp.	Staphylococcus saprophyticus

P: positive, N: negative, and SP: slightly positive.