Outbreaks of Elizabethkingia miricola Caused Fatal Meningitis-Like Disease in Cultured Bullfrogs

Table 2

Biochemical characteristics of isolated strain HBTS-1.

Items	Reactions
	HBTS-1	E. miricola (CM160701) [2]
Gram stain	—	—
Cellular morphology	rod	rod
Motility	—	—
Hemolytic reaction	+	—
Oxidase	+	+
Catalase	+	+
Ornithine decarboxylase	+	nd
Simmons citrate	—	nd
Glucose	+	+
Maltose	+	+
Mannose	+	+
Lysine decarboxylase	+	nd
Sucrose	+	+
Lactose	+	+
Arginine dihydrolase	—	nd
Arabinose	—	—
Raffinose	—	—
Sorbitol	+	+
Phenylalanine	—	nd
Sorbitol	—	—
Urease	+	+
Inositol	+	nd
Adonitol	—	nd
Tryptophan deaminase	—	nd
Indole production	+	+

Note: +, positive; −, negative; v, variable reactions; nd, no data available.