Research Article
Bacterial Treatment and Metal Characterization of Biomedical Waste Ash
Table 3
Morphological and biochemical characteristics of the bacterial isolate I. (+) denotes presence of growth and (−) denotes absence of growth.
| Morphological test | Isolate I |
| Gram staining | Positive | Shape (Rod/Cocci) | Small rods | Form | Irregular | Colonies | White opaque |
| Biochemical test | Isolate I |
| Citrate utilization test | + | Starch hydrolysis test | + |
| Biochemical test | Isolate I |
| Gelatin test | + | Catalase test | + |
| Carbohydrate utilization | |
| Glucose | + | Sucrose | + | Lactose | + | Mannitol | − |
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