Test   Results

Colony morphology

Pale yellow, irregular, smooth surface

Gram’s staining

Positive

Cell Shape

Rod

Motility

Motile

Catalase

Postive

Oxidase

Postive

Indole Production

Postive

Methyl red

Postive

Voges Proskauer

Negative

Citrate Utilization

Postive

Urease

Postive

Triple Sugar Iron

Glucose fermented

Nitrate Reduction

Negative

Starch Hydrolysis

Postive

Protease

Postive
Table 4: Physicochemical characters of the Bacterial isolate.