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        | Characteristics | B1 | B2 | B3 | B4 | B5 | B6 |  
        | Colony    color | White growth | White waxy growth                                                         | White shiny growth | Thin even growth | Grayish growth | Yellow growth |  
        | Gram    staining | Rod –ve | Rod +ve | Cocci +ve | Cocci +ve | Rod –ve | Cocci +ve |  
        | Amylase | -ve | -ve | A | A | -ve | -ve |  
        | Indole | -ve | -ve | -ve | -ve | +ve | -ve |  
        | Catalase | +ve | +ve | +ve | -ve | +ve | +ve |  
        | Citrate | +ve | -ve | -ve | -ve | - | -ve |  
        | Methyl red | -ve | -ve | +ve | +ve | +ve | -ve |  |