BIOCHEMICAL TEST ASSIGNMENT

1) Indole Test
Examples of bacteria that give positive and negative results :POSITIVE RESULT

NEGATIVE RESULT

Aeromonas hydrophila

Actinobacillus sp.

Aeromonas punctate

Aeromonas salmonicida

Bacillus alvei

Alcaligenes sp.

Edwardsiella sp.

Most Bacillus sp.

Escherichia coli

Bordetella sp.

Flavobacterium sp.

Enterobacter sp.

Haemophilus influenza

Lactobacillus sp.

Klebsiella oxytoca

Most Haemophilus sp.

Proteus sp. (not P. mirabilis and

Most Klebsiella sp.

P. penneri)

Neisseria sp.

Plesiomonas shigelloides

Pasteurella haemolytica

Pasteurella multocida

Pasteurella ureae

Pasteurella pneumotropica

Proteus mirabilis

Enterococcus faecalis

P. penneri

Vibrio sp.

Pseudomonas sp.

Salmonella sp.

Serratia sp.

Yersinia sp.

2) Methyl Red
Examples of bacteria that give positive and negative results :POSITIVE RESULT

Escherichia coli

Proteus vulgaris

Proteus mirabilis

Citrobacter freundeii

Shigella sp.

Salmonella sp.

NEGATIVE RESULT

Enterobacter cloacae

3) Voges Proskauer
Examples of bacteria that give positive and negative results :POSITIVE RESULT

NEGATIVE RESULT

Enterobacter sp.

Citrobacter sp.

Klebsiella sp.

Shigella sp.

Serratia marcescens

Yersinia sp.

Hafnia alvei

Edwardsiella sp.

Vibrio eltor

Salmonella sp.

Vibrio alginolyticus

Vibrio furnissii

Vibrio fluvialis

Vibrio vulnificus

Vibrio parahaemolyticus