![]() |
Database of Biochemical Tests of Pathogenic Enterobacteriaceae Family A tool to identify microbes using minimal biochemical tests |
|
| Enterobacter | ||||
| Erwinia | ||||
| Escherichia | ||||
| Salmonella | ||||
| Citrobacter | ||||
| Yersinia | ||||
| Klebsiella | ||||
| Shigella | ||||
| Serratia | ||||
| Proteus | ||||
|
||||
| Providencia | ||||
| Morganella |
Proteus myxofaciens
| About Organism | Show All Tests | Show Unique Test Hierarchy |
| Test Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| + | 90-100% Positive |
| - | 0-10% positive |
| (+) | 76-89% positive |
| (-) | 11-25% positive |
| d | 26-75% positive |
| v | strain instability |
| All Known Tests | ||
| 1 | Gram staining | - |
| 2 | Indole | - |
| 3 | Methyl Red | + |
| 4 | Voges-proskauer | + |
| 5 | Citrate | + |
| 6 | Urease | + |
| 7 | h2s Production | - |
| 8 | Oxidase | - |
| 9 | Motility | + |
| 10 | Lysine decarboxylase | - |
| 11 | Ornithine decarboxylase | - |
| 12 | Arginine dihydrolase | - |
| 13 | Aesculine hydrolysis | - |
| 14 | Sucrose | + |
| 15 | Melibiose | - |
| 16 | D-sorbitol | - |
| 17 | Mucate | - |
| 18 | KCN | + |
| 19 | Gelatine | + |
| 20 | Lactose | - |
| 21 | Phenylalanine deaminase | + |
| 22 | D-mannitol | - |
| 23 | Dulcitol | - |
| 24 | Salicin | - |
| 25 | Adonitol | - |
| 26 | Raffinose | - |
| 27 | L-rhamnose | - |
| 28 | Malonate | + |
| 29 | Jordan tartrate | + |
| 30 | Lipase | + |
| 31 | D-glucose gas production | + |
| 32 | D-xylose | - |
| 33 | Maltose | + |
| 34 | Cellobiose | - |
| 35 | D-glucose acid production | + |
| 36 | Nitrate reductase | + |
| 37 | Glycerol | + |
| 38 | Acetate utilization | - |
| 39 | L-arabinose | - |
| 40 | myo-Inositol | - |
| 41 | Deoxyribonuclease | + |
| 42 | D-Mannose | - |
| 43 | ONPG | - |
| 44 | Trehalose | + |
| 45 | Pigment | - |
| 46 | alpha Methyl glucoside | + |
| 47 | Catalase production | + |
| 48 | Oxidase fermentation | + |