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Biochemical and phenotypic characterization test of bacterial genera isolated from bark panel of infected Quercus brantii trees in Zagros forests (Q1–Q8) and other species of E_ cloacae complex; A – E_ nimipressuralis (Hoffmann et al_ 2005), B – E_ nimipressuralis (Kulbanska et al_ 2021, 2022), C – E_ cloacae (Hoffmann et al_ 2005), D – E_ cloacae (Garcia-Gonzalez et al_ 2018), E – E_ hormaechei subsp_ hormaechei (Hoffmann et al_ 2005), F – E_ asburiae (Hoffmann et al_ 2005)
| Characteristics | Bacterial isolates | E. cloacae complex | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q5 | Q6 | Q7 | Q8 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| Gram test | − | − | − | + | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Oxidase production | − | + | − | − | − | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Aesculin hydrolysis | + | − | + | − | + | − | + | − | + | + | + | + | − | + |
| Gelatin hydrolysis | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | |
| HR on tobacco | + | − | + | − | + | − | − | − | ||||||
| Lecithinase | + | − | + | − | + | − | − | + | ||||||
| Fluorescent pigment on KB medium | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | ||||||
| Green metallic pigment on EMB medium | + | − | + | − | + | − | − | − | ||||||
| Yellow pigment on YDC | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Catalase production | + | + | + | − | + | + | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| Anaerobe growth | + | − | + | − | + | − | − | − | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| Utilization of manitol | + | − | + | − | + | − | − | − | + | + | + | + | ||
| Utilization of lactose | + | − | + | − | + | + | − | − | + | |||||
| Utilization of sorbitol | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | + | + | − | + |
| Utilization of glucose | + | − | + | − | + | − | − | − | + | + | + | + | ||
| Utilization of sucrose | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | + | + | + | + |