| Property | Strain IB-OR17 | B. mannanilyticus AM-001 (Nogi et al., 2005) |
| Cell size, μm (length × width) | 2 - 3 × 0.4 - 0.6* | 3 - 6 × 0.6 - 0.8 |
| Gram reaction | + (12 - 24 h culture) | Variable |
| Spore location | Terminal | Terminal |
| Swollen sporangium | + | + |
| Catalase | + | + |
| Oxidase | + | − |
| Anaerobic growth | + facultative anaerobe | ND |
| Voges-Proskauer test | − | ND |
| O/F test | +/+ | ND |
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| D-glucose/gas | +/− | +/− |
| L-arabinose | + | ND |
| D-xylose | + | + |
| D-mannitole | + | + |
| Ammonia production from amino acids | + | ND |
| Indole production from tryptophan | − | − |
| H2S production from sulfur-containing amino acids | − | − |
| Urease production | + | ND |
| Nitrate reduction | + | − |
| Nitrite reduction to N2 | − | ND |
| Utilization of NH4Cl as nitrogen source | − | ND |
| Utilization of KNO3 as nitrogen source | + | + |
| Starch hydrolysis | + | + |
| Gelatin hydrolysis | + | + |
| Casein hydrolysis | + | + |
| Lecitinase | + | ND |
| Hydrolysis of Tween-60 | + | + |
| Hydrolysis of Tween-80 | + | ND |
| Utilization of citrate | − | ND |
| Utilization of propionate | − | ND |
| Tyrosine degradation | − | ND |
| Phenylalanine deamination | − | ND |
| Growth under рН 6.8 | − | ND |
| Growth under рН 9 | + | + |
| Growth under 2% of NaCl | + | + |
| Growth under 5% of NaCl | − | − |
| Growth under 13˚C | + | ND |
| Growth under 20˚C - 45˚C | + | + |
| Growth under 50˚C | − | − |