Case Report
Nonunion Humerous Fracture Infection Caused by Rhizobium radiobacter in a 24-Year-Old Healthy Patient: A Rare Case Report
Table 2
Biochemical characteristics of the R. radiobacter strain isolated from the nonunion site.
| Biochemical reaction | Result |
| Nitrate | + | Growth in MacConkey | + | Urea hydrolysis | + | Esculin hydrolysis | + | Gelatin hydrolysis | − | ONPG (o-nitrophenyl-β-D-galactopyranoside) | + | Oxidase | + | Vogesproskauer | − | β-Galactosidase | − | Tryptophan deaminase | − | Ornithine decarboxylase | − | Lysine decarboxylase | − | Arginine decarboxylase | − | Motility | + | Glucose (assimilation) | + | Mannose | + | Mannitol | + | Maltose | + | Gluconate | + | Arabinose | + | Adonitol | + | Glutamyl arylamidase pNA | + | Indole | − |
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