V. R. RAJAGOPALAN & V. R. GOPALKRISHNAN 301
TABLE I
Comparative tests of mouse organism with some stock Pasteurella strains.
|
Tests |
Mouse organism |
C. 11 |
Pasteure- lla 2 |
Past. 10 |
Past. 14 |
Past. 34 |
Remarks |
|
|
Adonite . . . . |
+30 |
— |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
Arabinose . . . |
+ |
— |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
Dextrose . . . |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
||
|
Dulcite . . . . |
— |
— |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
Galactose . . . |
+ |
+ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
Glucose . . . . |
+ |
+ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
Glycerol . . . . |
— |
+3 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
||
|
Inosite . . . . |
+ 30 sl. |
+30 sl. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
Innulin . . . . |
— |
— |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
Lactose . . . . |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
||
|
Levulose . . . |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
||
|
Maltose . . . . |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
||
|
Mannite . . . . |
+ |
— |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
||
|
Mannose . . . |
+ |
— |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
Raffinose. . . . |
— |
— |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
Rhamnose . . . |
— |
+ |
— |
— |
— |
— |
||
|
Salicin . . . . |
— |
+30 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
||
|
Sorhite . . . . |
— |
? |
— |
|||||
|
Starch . . . . |
+ |
+ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
Sucrose . . . . |
+ |
— |
||||||
|
Trehalose . . . |
+ |
— |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
Mobility |
Room temp. 20°C. |
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|
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|||
|
Incubator 37°C. |
||||||||
|
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|||
|
Growth in bile salt medium . |
Poor |
Poor |
Poor |
Poor |
Poor |
Poor |
||
|
Litmus milk . . . |
Nc. |
Nc. |
Nc. |
Nc. |
Nc. |
Nc. |
||
|
Gelatin . . . . |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
||
|
V.P. . . . . |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
||
|
M.R. . . . . |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
||
|
Nitrate reduction . . |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
||
|
Indole . . . . |
+ |
— |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
||
|
Catalose. |
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|
(H2) S production . . |
— |
+ Faint |
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|
M. B. production . . |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
||
+ = Positive.
— = Negative.
+ =Acid only.
0= Not tested.
Sl.=Slight.
Nc.=No change.