Table 5 Morphological, physiological, biochemical characteristics, and accession numbers of bacterial isolates retrieved from infected plants.
Characteristic | Bacterial isolate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Erwinia amylovora | Agrobacterium tumefaciens | Dickeya solani | Serratia plymuthica | |
Accession number | MK720289 | MK720286 | MK720280 | MK720276 |
Shape (rods) | + | + | + | + |
Motility | + | + | + | + |
3-Ketolactose production | + | − | + | + |
Growth at 37 °C | − | − | + | + |
Oxidase reaction | − | + | − | − |
Indole production | − | − | + | − |
Growth in 5% NaCl | − | − | − | + |
Citrate utilization | − | + | + | − |
Malonate utilization | − | − | + | − |
Alkali from tartaric acid | nd | + | + | − |
Glucose | a | − | + | + |
α-methyl glucoside | − | − | a | a |
Maltose | − | − | − | a |
Sucrose | a | a | a | a |
Dulcitol | a | a | a | a |
