Nonunion Humerous Fracture Infection Caused by Rhizobium radiobacter in a 24-Year-Old Healthy Patient: A Rare Case Report

Table 2

Biochemical characteristics of the R. radiobacter strain isolated from the nonunion site.

Biochemical reaction	Result
Nitrate	+
Growth in MacConkey	+
Urea hydrolysis	+
Esculin hydrolysis	+
Gelatin hydrolysis	−
ONPG (o-nitrophenyl-β-D-galactopyranoside)	+
Oxidase	+
Vogesproskauer	−
β-Galactosidase	−
Tryptophan deaminase	−
Ornithine decarboxylase	−
Lysine decarboxylase	−
Arginine decarboxylase	−
Motility	+
Glucose (assimilation)	+
Mannose	+
Mannitol	+
Maltose	+
Gluconate	+
Arabinose	+
Adonitol	+
Glutamyl arylamidase pNA	+
Indole	−