Biochemical Test of Enterococcus faecium

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Some of the characteristics are as follows:

Basic Characteristics	*Properties (Enterococcus faecium***)
40% Bile Salts	Positive (+ve)
Capsule	Negative (-ve)
Catalase	Negative (-ve)
Citrate	Negative (-ve)
Gelatin Hydrolysis	Negative (-ve)
Gram Staining	Gram-positive
H2S	Negative (-ve)
Hemolysis	Variable
0.1% Methylene blue milk	Positive (+ve)
Motility	Negative (-ve)
6.5% NaCl	Positive (+ve)
Pigment	Negative (-ve)
Shape	Cocci
Spore	Negative (-ve)
VP (Voges Proskauer)	Positive (+ve)
Fermentation of
Adonitol	Negative (-ve)
Arabinose	Positive (+ve)
Arabitol	Negative (-ve)
Arbutin	Positive (+ve)
Cellobiose	Positive (+ve)
Dulcitol	Negative (-ve)
Erythritol	Negative (-ve)
Fructose	Positive (+ve)
Fucose	Negative (-ve)
Galactose	Positive (+ve)
Beta- Gentiobiose	Positive (+ve)
Glucose	Positive (+ve)
Glycerol	Variable
Glycogen	Negative (-ve)
Hippurate	Variable
Inositol	Negative (-ve)
Lactose	Positive (+ve)
Malate	Negative (-ve)
Maltose	Positive (+ve)
Mannitol	Variable
Mannose	Positive (+ve)
Melibiose	Variable
Raffinose	Variable
Rhamnose	Variable
Sorbitol	Variable
Starch	Negative (-ve)
Sucrose	Variable
Trehalose	Variable
Xylose	Variable
Enzymatic Reactions
Alkaline Phosphatase	Negative (-ve)
Arginine Dehydrolase	Positive (+ve)
Esculin Hydrolysis	Positive (+ve)
ONPG (β-galactosidase)	Positive (+ve)
Pyrrolidonyl aminopeptidase	Positive (+ve)
Tellurite	Negative (-ve)

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