Yersinia pestis

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Description of values of test status

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 d
14 Sucrose -
15 Melibiose (-)
16 D-sorbitol d
17 Mucate -
18 KCN -
19 Gelatine -
20 Lactose -
21 Phenylalanine deaminase -
22 D-mannitol +
23 Dulcitol -
24 Salicin d
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 d
38 Acetate utilization -
39 L-arabinose +
40 myo-Inositol -
41 Deoxyribonuclease -
42 D-Mannose +
43 ONPG d
44 Trehalose +
45 Pigment -
46 alpha Methyl glucoside -
47 Catalase production +
48 Oxidase fermentation +