Biochemical Test of Streptococcus agalactiae

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Biochemical Test of Streptococcus agalactiae

Basic Characteristics Properties (Streptococcus agalactiae)
CAMP Positive (+ve)
Capsule Positive (+ve)
Catalase Negative (-ve)
Coagulase Negative (-ve)
Flagella Non-flagellated
Gram Staining Positive (+ve)
Hemolysis Beta Hemolysis
Motility Non-motile
OF (Oxidative-Fermentative) Facultative anaerobes
Oxidase Negative (-ve)
PYR Negative (-ve)
Shape Cocci
Spore Non-sporing
Urease Negative (-ve)
VP (Voges Proskauer) Variable

Fermentation of

Adonitol Negative (-ve)
Arabinose Negative (-ve)
Arabitol Negative (-ve)
Arbutin Negative (-ve)
Cellobiose Variable
Dulcitol Negative (-ve)
Erythritol Negative (-ve)
Fructose Positive (+ve)
Galactose Positive (+ve)
Glucose Positive (+ve)
Glycerol Positive (+ve)
Glycogen Negative (-ve)
Hippurate Positive (+ve)
Inulin Negative (-ve)
Lactose Variable
Maltose Positive (+ve)
Mannitol Negative (-ve)
Melibiose Negative (-ve)
Raffinose Negative (-ve)
Ribose Positive (+ve)
Salicin Variable
Sorbitol Negative (-ve)
Sucrose Positive (+ve)
Trehalose Positive (+ve)
Xylose Negative (-ve)

Enzymatic Reactions

Alkaline Phosphatase Positive (+ve)
Arginine Dehydrolase Positive (+ve)
Esculin Hydrolysis Negative (-ve)

Streptococcus agalactiae

Streptococcus agalactiae

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Sagar Aryal is a microbiologist and a scientific blogger. He is doing his Ph.D. at the Central Department of Microbiology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. He was awarded the DAAD Research Grant to conduct part of his Ph.D. research work for two years (2019-2021) at Helmholtz-Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Saarbrucken, Germany. Sagar is interested in research on actinobacteria, myxobacteria, and natural products. He is the Research Head of the Department of Natural Products, Kathmandu Research Institute for Biological Sciences (KRIBS), Lalitpur, Nepal. Sagar has more than ten years of experience in blogging, content writing, and SEO. Sagar was awarded the SfAM Communications Award 2015: Professional Communicator Category from the Society for Applied Microbiology (Now: Applied Microbiology International), Cambridge, United Kingdom (UK). Sagar is also the ASM Young Ambassador to Nepal for the American Society for Microbiology since 2023 onwards.

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