Poly β-Hydroxybutyrate Production by Bacillus subtilis NG220 Using Sugar Industry Waste Water

Table 3

Morphological and biochemical characteristics of isolate NG220.

	Observation
Morphological characters
Elevation	Umbonate
Edge	Entire with undulate
Internal character	Rough
Colour	Creamy off-white
Biochemical characters
Gram reaction	Gram +ve rod
Glucose fermentation	+ve
Sucrose fermentation	+ve
Lactose fermentation	−ve
H2S production	−ve (no gas observed)
MR test	+ve
VP test	−ve
Catalase test	+ve