Bacteria Identification Tools: Gram Positive Aerobic Cocci

Probabilistic Identification of Bacteria: Gram Positive Aerobic Cocci

Identify an unknown bacterial isolate by selecting the checkboxes for known test results, and clicking on the submit button. Leave boxes blank for unknown or indeterminate test results.

Test	Value
White-cream colony	Positive	Negative
Yellow-orange colony	Positive	Negative
Pink-red colony	Positive	Negative
Catalase	Positive	Negative
Oxidase	Positive	Negative
Coagulase	Positive	Negative
Phosphatase	Positive	Negative
DNAase	Positive	Negative
ONPG	Positive	Negative
Arginine dihydrolase	Positive	Negative
Lysine decarboxylase	Positive	Negative
Ornithine decarboxylase	Positive	Negative
Citrate	Positive	Negative
Hydrogen sulphide	Positive	Negative
Urease	Positive	Negative
Tryptophan deaminase	Positive	Negative
Indole	Positive	Negative
Voges-Proskauer	Positive	Negative
Glycerol/Erythromycin	Positive	Negative
Nitrate reduction	Positive	Negative
Glycerol	Positive	Negative
Erythritol	Positive	Negative
D(-)Arabinose	Positive	Negative
L(+)Arabinose	Positive	Negative
Ribose	Positive	Negative
D(+)Xylose	Positive	Negative
L(-)Xylose	Positive	Negative
Adonitol	Positive	Negative
Methyl xyloside	Positive	Negative
Galactose	Positive	Negative
D(+)Glucose	Positive	Negative
D(+)Fructose	Positive	Negative
D(+)Mannose	Positive	Negative
L(-)Sorbose	Positive	Negative
Rhamnose	Positive	Negative
Dulcitol	Positive	Negative
Inositol	Positive	Negative
Mannitol	Positive	Negative
Sorbitol	Positive	Negative
Methyl mannoside	Positive	Negative
Methyl glucoside	Positive	Negative
Acetylglucosamine	Positive	Negative
Amygdalin	Positive	Negative
Arbutin	Positive	Negative
Aesculin	Positive	Negative
Salicin	Positive	Negative
D(+)Cellobiose	Positive	Negative
Maltose	Positive	Negative
Lactose	Positive	Negative
D(+)Melibiose	Positive	Negative
Sucrose	Positive	Negative
Trehalose	Positive	Negative
Inulin	Positive	Negative
D(+)Melezitose	Positive	Negative
D(+)Raffinose	Positive	Negative
Dextrin	Positive	Negative
Amylose	Positive	Negative
Starch	Positive	Negative
Glycogen	Positive	Negative
Gelatin liquefaction	Positive	Negative

Identification Results Table:

Enter test result data into checkboxes to proceed with identification

The following tests gave unexpected results for the most likely taxa:

No atypical results found

References:

Bryant, T.N. (2004) PIBWin -- software for probabilistic identification. Journal of Applied Microbiology 97(6):1326-7.

Feltham, R.K.A. and Sneath, P.H.A. (1982) Construction of matrices for computer-assisted identification of aerobic Gram-positive cocci. Journal of General Microbiology 128, 713-120