Biochemical Test of Providencia stuartii

By Prof Walter Jaoko

Basic CharacteristicsProperties (Providencia stuartii)
CapsuleNon-Capsulated
CatalasePositive (+ve)
CitratePositive (+ve)
FlagellaFlagellated
Gas from glucoseNegative (-ve)
Gelatin HydrolysisNegative (-ve)
Gram StainingNegative (-ve)
Growth in KCNPositive (+ve)
H2SNegative (-ve)
IndolePositive (+ve)
MotilityPositive (+ve)
MR (Methyl Red)Positive (+ve)
Nitrate ReductionPositive (+ve)
OF (Oxidative-Fermentative)Fermentative
OxidaseNegative (-ve)
PigmentNegative (-ve)
ShapeRods
SporeNon-Sporing
UreaseNegative (-ve)
VP (Voges Proskauer)Negative (-ve)
Fermentation of
AdonitolNegative (-ve)
ArabinoseNegative (-ve)
ArabitolNegative (-ve)
CellobioseNegative (-ve)
DNaseNegative (-ve)
ErythritolNegative (-ve)
Glucose (Acid)Positive (+ve)
GlycerolVariable
LactoseNegative (-ve)
MalonateNegative (-ve)
MaltoseNegative (-ve)
MannitolNegative (-ve)
MannosePositive (+ve)
MelibioseNegative (-ve)
MucateNegative (-ve)
MyoInositolPositive (+ve)
RaffinoseNegative (-ve)
RhamnoseNegative (-ve)
SalicinNegative (-ve)
SorbitolNegative (-ve)
SucroseVariable
TartratePositive (+ve)
TrehalosePositive (+ve)
Enzymatic Reactions
Acetate UtilizationPositive (+ve)
Aesculine HydrolysisNegative (-ve)
Arginine DihydrolaseNegative (-ve)
Esculin HydrolysisNegative (-ve)
LipaseNegative (-ve)
Lysine DecarboxylaseNegative (-ve)
ONPG (β-galactosidase)Negative (-ve)
Ornithine DecarboxylaseNegative (-ve)
Phenylalanine DeaminasePositive (+ve)