Bacteria Identification Tools: Lactobacillus

Probabilistic Identification of Bacteria: Lactobacillus spp.

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
Heterofermentative	Positive	Negative
Dextran	Positive	Negative
Ammonia from Arginine	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
a-methyl-D-Xyloside	Positive	Negative
Galactose	Positive	Negative
Glucose	Positive	Negative
Fructose	Positive	Negative
Mannose	Positive	Negative
Sorbose	Positive	Negative
Rhamnose	Positive	Negative
Dulcitol	Positive	Negative
Inositol	Positive	Negative
Mannitol	Positive	Negative
Sorbitol	Positive	Negative
a-Methyl-D-mannoside	Positive	Negative
a-Methyl-D-glucoside	Positive	Negative
N-Acetyl-Glucosamine	Positive	Negative
Amygdalin	Positive	Negative
Arbutin	Positive	Negative
Esculin	Positive	Negative
Salicin	Positive	Negative
Cellobiose	Positive	Negative
Maltose	Positive	Negative
Lactose	Positive	Negative
Melibiose	Positive	Negative
Sucrose	Positive	Negative
Trehalose	Positive	Negative
Inulin	Positive	Negative
Melezitose	Positive	Negative
Raffinose	Positive	Negative
Starch	Positive	Negative
Glycogen	Positive	Negative
Xylitol	Positive	Negative
Gentiobiose	Positive	Negative
D-turanose	Positive	Negative
D-lyxose	Positive	Negative
D-tagatose	Positive	Negative
D-fucose	Positive	Negative
L-fucose	Positive	Negative
D-arabitol	Positive	Negative
L-arabitol	Positive	Negative
Gluconate	Positive	Negative
2-Keto-Gluconate	Positive	Negative
5-Keto-Gluconate	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.

Maissin, R., Bernard, A., Duquenne, V., Baeten, S., Gerard, G. and Decallonne, J. (1987) Characteristics of a computer-aided procedure for the identification of lactobacilli. Belgian Journal of Food Chemistry and Biotechnology 42, 176-183.