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) |
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) |
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) |