Assessment of antibiosis potential of Bacillus sp. against the soil-borne fungal pathogen Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc. (Athelia rolfsii (Curzi) Tu & Kimbrough)

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 3 Biochemical characteristics of strain CBK2007, CBK3005, CBK5001, CBK6004, and CBK17001

Test	CBK 2007	CBK 3005	CBK 5001	CBK 6004	CBK 17001
Biochemical characterization
Growth on MacConkey	−ve	+ve	−ve	−ve	−ve
Indole	−ve	−ve	−ve	−ve	−ve
Nitrate test	−ve	−ve	−ve	−ve	−ve
Voges-Proskauer test	+ve	+ve	+ve	−ve	+ve
Citrate utilization	+ve	−ve	−ve	+ve	−ve
Starch hydrolysis	+ve	+ve	+ve	+ve	+ve
Casein hydrolysis	+ve	+ve	+ve	+ve	+ve
Lipid hydrolysis	+ve	+ve	+ve	+ve	+ve
H₂S production	−ve	−ve	−ve	−ve	−ve
Catalase	+ve	+ve	+ve	−ve	+ve
Oxidase	+ve	−ve	+ ve	+ve	+ ve
Oxidation/fermentation	O	O	O	O	O
Gelatin liquefaction	-	-	-	-	-
Acid production from
D-glucose	+	+	+	+	+
Ribose	+	+	+	+	+
Galactose	+	+	+	+	-
Fructose	+	+	+	+	+
Maltose	+	+	+	+	+
Mannitol	+	+	+	+	-
Sucrose	+	+	+	+	+
Glycerol	+	+	+	+	+