Biochemical Test of Streptococcus canis

Biochemical Test of Streptococcus canis

Basic Characteristics Properties (Streptococcus canis)
CAMP Negative (-ve)
Catalase Negative (-ve)
Gram Staining Positive (+ve)
OF (Oxidative-Fermentative) Facultative anaerobes
Shape Cocci
Urease Negative (-ve)
VP (Voges Proskauer) Negative (-ve)

Fermentation of

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

Enzymatic Reactions

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

Streptococcus canis

Figure: Morphological features of large, smooth, white, non-mucoid β-hemolytic colonies of Streptococcus canis. The microorganism was cultured on a sheep blood agar plate for 24 h at 35 °C in 5% CO2. Source: doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2017.01.002.

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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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