Biochemical Characterization and 16S rRNA Sequencing of Few Lipase-Producing Thermophilic Bacteria from Taptapani Hot Water Spring, Orissa, India

Table 2

Results of biochemical tests.

Biochemical tests	Results
	AK-P1	AK-P2	AK-P3
Carbohydrate fermentation
Glucose	+ve	−ve	−ve
Adonitol	−ve	−ve	+ve, weak
Lactose	−ve	−ve	−ve
Arabinose	−ve	−ve	+ve, weak
Sorbitol	−ve	−ve	−ve
Citrate utilization	−ve	−ve	−ve
Indole	−ve	−ve	+ve
Motility	−ve	−ve	+ve
Nitrate reduction	+ve	+ve	−ve
Lysine utilization	−ve	−ve	−ve
Ornithine utilization	−ve	−ve	−ve
Phenylalanine deamination	−ve	−ve	−ve
Urease production	−ve	−ve	−ve
H2S production	−ve	−ve	+ve
Catalase	+ve	+ve	+ve, weak
Oxidase	−ve	−ve	−ve
Methyl Red	−ve	−ve	−ve
Voges-Proskauer	−ve	+ve	−ve
Starch hydrolysis	−ve	+ve	+ve
Gelatin liquefaction	−ve	−ve	−ve

+ Positive result; − Negative result.