Biochemical Test of Bacillus cereus

Biochemical Test of Bacillus cereus

­Basic Characteristics Properties (Bacillus cereus)
Catalase Positive (+ve)
Citrate Positive (+ve)
Gelatin Hydrolysis Negative (-ve)
Gram Staining Positive (+ve)
Growth in KCN Positive (+ve)
Hemolysis Positive (+ve)
Indole Negative (-ve)
Motility Positive (+ve)
MR (Methyl Red) Negative (-ve)
Nitrate Reduction Variable
Oxidase Negative (-ve)
Pigment Negative (-ve)
Shape Rods
Spore Positive (+ve)
VP (Voges Proskauer) Positive (+ve)

Fermentation of

Adonitol Negative (-ve)
Arabinose Negative (-ve)
Arabitol Negative (-ve)
Cellobiose Variable
Fructose Positive (+ve)
Galactose Negative (-ve)
Glucose Positive (+ve)
Glycerol Positive (+ve)
Glycogen Positive (+ve)
Inositol Negative (-ve)
Inulin Negative (-ve)
Lactose Negative (-ve)
Maltose Positive (+ve)
Mannitol Negative (-ve)
Mannose Negative (-ve)
Melibiose Negative (-ve)
Raffinose Negative (-ve)
Rhamnose Negative (-ve)
Ribose Positive (+ve)
Salicin Variable
Sorbitol Negative (-ve)
Starch Positive (+ve)
Sucrose Variable
Trehalose Positive (+ve)
Xylose Negative (-ve)

Enzymatic Reactions

Acetate Utilization Variable
Arginine Dehydrolase Variable
Casein Hydrolysis Positive (+ve)
Esculin Hydrolysis Positive (+ve)
Lecithinase Positive (+ve)
Lysine Negative (-ve)
Ornithine Decarboxylase Negative (-ve)
Phenylalanine Deaminase Negative (-ve)
Tyrosine Hydrolysis Positive (+ve)

Bacillus cereus

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Sagar Aryal

Sagar Aryal is a microbiologist and a scientific blogger. He attended St. Xavier’s College, Maitighar, Kathmandu, Nepal, to complete his Master of Science in Microbiology. He worked as a Lecturer at St. Xavier’s College, Maitighar, Kathmandu, Nepal, from Feb 2015 to June 2019. After teaching microbiology for more than four years, he joined the Central Department of Microbiology, Tribhuvan University, to pursue his Ph.D. in collaboration with Helmholtz-Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Saarbrucken, Germany. He is interested in research on actinobacteria, myxobacteria, and natural products. He has published more than 15 research articles and book chapters in international journals and well-renowned publishers.

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