BIOCHEMICAL TESTS FOR GRAM POSITIVE BACILLI

Organism Lecithinase Motile Penicillin Mannitol Xylose

sensitivity

B. anthracis + - + - -

B. cereus + + - - -

Organism Nitrate reduction Urease Esculin hydrolysis Maltose

C. jeikeium - - - V
C. diphtheria + - - +

Organism Urease Nitrate Maltose Mannitol Sucrose

reduction
E. - - - - -
rhusiopathiae
L. acidophilus - - + V +

Organism Nitrate Glucose Esculin CAMP Motility

reduction
L. monocytogenes - + + + +

Organism Lecithinase Lipase Glucose Lactose Maltose Sucrose

C. perfringes + - - + + +
C. botulinum - + + - + -
C. difficile - - + - - -
C. tetani - - - - - -

Organism Nitrate Urease Gelatin Sorbitol Rhamnose

reduction
N. asteroides - + - + +

Organism Nitrate red. Glucose Urease Xylose

A. Israelii + - + +