“…Produces acid from arabinose, glucose, lactose, maltose, sodium gluconate and xylose; negative for acid production from citrate, malonate, adonitol, cellobiose, dulcitol, fructose, galactose, glucosamine, glycerol, inulin, inositol, mannitol, mannose, melezitose, melibiose, methyl a-D-glucoside, methyl a-Dmannoside, raffinose, rhamnose, ribose, salicin, sorbitol, sorbose, sucrose, trehalose and xylitol. Utilizes alanine, arabinose, aspartic acid, cysteine, glucose, glutamic acid, histidine, lactose, maltose, methionine, phenylalanine, sodium gluconate, tryptophan, valine and xylose; does not utilize citrate, malonate, adonitol, cellobiose, dulcitol, fructose, galactose, glucosamine, glycerol, inulin, isoleucine, leucine, inositol, mannitol, mannose, melezitose, melibiose, methyl a-D-glucoside, methyl a-D-mannoside, Nedashkovskaya et al (2008) and Yi et al (2012). All strains were non-motile and golden-yellow-pigmented.…”