Isolation, identification, and antimicrobial sensitivity test of bacteria isolated from the rectal swab of african pygmy hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris) and sunda porcupine (Hystrix javanica)

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Table 1.

Results on selective media, biochemical tests, and Gram staining of isolates from Atelerix albiventris and Hystrix javanica

Media/Test		Atelerix albiventris			Hystrix javanica
Media/Test	S1a	S2a	S1an	S2an	S3a	S3an
MCA	Pinkcolonies	Colorlesscolonies	Pinkcolonies	Pinkcolonies	Pinkcolonies	Pinkcolonies
EMB	Greenmetallic sheen colonies	Colorlesscolonies	Greenmetallic sheen colonies	Greenmetallic sheen colonies	Greenmetallic sheen colonies	Greenmetallic sheen colonies
Catalase	+	+	+	+	+	+
Oxidase	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐
Urease	‐	+	‐	w+	‐	w+
Glucose	+	+	+	+	+	+
Sucrose	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐
Lactose	+	‐	+	+	+	+
Galactose	+	+	+	+	+	+
Sorbitol	+	‐	+	+	+	+
Mannitol	+	‐	+	+	+	+
Maltose	+	‐	+	+	+	+
Indole	+	‐	+	+	+	+
Methylred	+	+	+	+	+	+
Vogesproskauer	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐
Citrate	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐
TSIA	Y/Y	R/Y	Y/Y	Y/Y	Y/Y	Y/Y
H₂Sproduction	‐	+	‐	‐	‐	‐
Gram‐staining	Rod, Gram ‐	Rod, Gram ‐	Rod, Gram ‐	Rod, Gram ‐	Rod, Gram ‐	Rod, Gram ‐

S1: first Atelerix albiventris; S2: second Atelerix albiventris; S3: Hystrix javanica; a: aerobic; an: anaerobic; +: positive results, -: negative results, w+: partially pink, Y/Y: yellow on slant and butt agar of TSIA, Y/R: yellow on slant agar, red on butt agar of TSIA.

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