Name of bacteria and total number of strains Hemolytic assaya BATH assayb Bacillus cereus (3) B. megaterium (3) B. subtilis (4) Branhamella catarrhalis (2) Citrobacter intermedius(5) Corynebacterium kutscheri(15) C. xerosis (2) Enterobacter aerogenes (2) Escherichia coli (6) Klebsiella ozaenae (5) Lactobacillus casei (2) L. delbrueckii (2) Proteus inconstans (6) Pseudomonas aeruginosa (23) P. fluorescens (1) P. diminuta (12) P. mallei (9) Staphylococcus aureus (3) +(2) ++(1) ++(2) +++(1) ++(1) +++(3) +(2) +(2) ++(3) ++(5) +++(10) +(2) +(1) ++(1) +(4) ++(2) ++(4) +++(1) +(1) ++(2) +(5) +(5) ++(7) +++(11) ++(1) +(10) +(5) ++(4) ++(3) +(2) ++(1) ++(2) +++(1) ++(2) +++(2) +(2) +(2) ++(2) ++(10) +++(2) +(1) ++(1) +(2) +(3) ++(1) +++(5) +(2) +++(2) +(4) ++(19) +++(4) ++(1) +(11) +(5) +(2) Hemolytic assaya: ‘+’ - hemolysis with a clear zone of 1-1.5 cm, ‘++’ - hemolysis with a clear zone of 1.6-2.5 cm, ‘+++ - hemolysis with a clear zone of 2.6-3.5 cm. BATH assayb: ‘+++’ - cell adhesion > 90%, ‘++’ - 60 to 89% cell adhesion, ’+’ - 40 to 59% cell adhesion. Values in () near ‘+’ sign are the number of positive strains in that category. Values in () near bacterial name are the total number of strains isolated.

Table 1: Hemolytic and BATH assay.