Table 1 Biochemical characterization and Gram staining of selected endophytic bacterial isolates recovered from Solanum sodomaeum and S. bonariense plants
Solanum spp. | S. sodomaeum | S. bonariense | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bacterial isolates | S11 | S14 | S28 | S26 | S23 | S24 | SV81 |
Catalse | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
Lecithinase | + | − | − | − | + | − | − |
Urease | + | − | + | − | + | − | + |
Nitrate reductase | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
Tryptophane deaminase | − | − | − | + | − | − | − |
Lysine decarboxylase | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
Indole | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
Mannitol | + | + | + | + | − | + | + |
Simmons Citrate | + | − | + | − | − | − | − |
Red of methyl | + | − | − | − | + | − | − |
Vosges-Proskauer | − | + | + | + | − | + | + |
King A | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
Gram staining | − | − | − | − | − | − | + |