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Some of the characteristics are as follows:
Basic Characteristics | Properties (Fusobacterium necrophorum) |
Bile Growth | Variable |
Capsule | Negative (-ve) |
Catalase | Negative (-ve) |
Flagella | Negative (-ve) |
Gas | Positive (+ve) |
Gelatin Hydrolysis | Variable |
Gram Staining | Gram-negative bacteria |
H2S | Positive (+ve) |
Hemolysis | Positive (+ve) (alpha- and beta-hemolysis may be observed) |
Indole | Positive (+ve) |
Methylene Blue Reduction | Positive (+ve) |
Motility | Negative (-ve) |
MR (Methyl Red) | Negative (-ve) |
Nitrate Reduction | Negative (-ve) |
Oxidase | Negative (-ve) |
Shape | Pleomorphic rod ranging from small, almost coccoid bodies to filaments, with parallel sides and blunt or tapering ends. |
Spore | Negative (-ve) |
VP (Voges Proskauer) | Negative (-ve) |
Fermentation of |
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Adonitol | Negative (-ve) |
Arabinose | Negative (-ve) |
Cellobiose | Negative (-ve) |
DNase | Positive (+ve) |
Dulcitol | Negative (-ve) |
Fructose | Variable |
Glucose | Variable |
Glycerol | Negative (-ve) |
Glycogen | Negative (-ve) |
Inositol | Negative (-ve) |
Inulin | Negative (-ve) |
Lactose | Negative (-ve) |
Maltose | Negative (-ve) |
Mannitol | Negative (-ve) |
Mannose | Negative (-ve) |
Raffinose | Negative (-ve) |
Rhamnose | Negative (-ve) |
Ribose | Negative (-ve) |
Sorbitol | Negative (-ve) |
Sucrose | Negative (-ve) |
Enzymatic Reactions |
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N-Acetyl-glucosaminidase | Negative (-ve) |
Acid Phosphatase | Positive (+ve) |
Alkaline Phosphatase | Positive (+ve) |
Beta-Lactamase | Positive (+ve) |
Casein Hydrolysis | Positive (+ve) |
Esculin Hydrolysis | Negative (-ve) |
β -Glucosidase | Negative (-ve) |
Lecithinase | Negative (-ve) |
Lipase | Positive (+ve) |
Lysine decarboxylase | Negative (-ve) |
Phosphatase | Negative (-ve) |
Tryptophanase | Positive (+ve) |
References
- Editors: Krieg, N.R., Ludwig, W., Whitman, W., Hedlund, B.P., Paster, B.J., Staley, J.T., Ward, N., Brown, D., Parte, A. (2010). Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Volume 4: The Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes (Mollicutes), Acidobacteria, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Dictyoglomi, Gemmatimonadetes, Lentisphaerae, Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae, and Planctomycetes.
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