Culturable Aerobic and Facultative Anaerobic Intestinal Bacterial Flora of Black Cobra (Naja naja karachiensis) in Southern Pakistan

Table 2

Biochemical characteristics and identification of Black Pakistani Cobra bacterial gut isolates.

Isolates	GRAM stain	API result	Organism
C1	Gram negative rods	5304721; 87.6%	Serratia marcescens (red pigmentation)
C2	Gram negative rods	Not set	Pseudomonas aeruginosa (green pigmentation)
C3	Gram negative rods	5304721; 87.6%	Serratia marcescens
C4	Gram negative rods	1011344; 99.8%	Shewanella putrefaciens
C5	Gram negative rods	0000004; 83.2%	Moraxella spp.
C6	Gram negative rods	1010154; 99.9%	Shewanella putrefaciens
C7	Gram negative rods	1011344; 99.8%	Shewanella putrefaciens
C8	Gram negative rods	Not set	Pseudomonas aeruginosa (green pigmentation)
C9	Gram negative rods	7246124; 89.3%	Aeromonas hydrophila
C10	Gram negative rods	Not set	Pseudomonas aeruginosa (green pigmentation)
C11	Gram negative rods	7575755; 99.9%	Aeromonas hydrophila
C12	Gram negative rods	5306721; 96%	Serratia marcescens
C13	Gram negative rods	6704512; 77.8%	Salmonella group C3
C14	Gram positive rods (Spore forming)	Not set	Bacillus species
C15	Gram negative rods	6704512; 77.8%	Salmonella group C3
C16	Gram negative rods	5304721; 87.6%	Serratia marcescens
C17	Gram negative rods	0041354; 98.6%	Ochrobactrum anthropi
C18	Gram negative rods	5304721; 87.6%	Serratia marcescens
C19	Gram negative rods	274310; 99.9%	Providencia rettgeri