Table 1
Morphological and biochemical character istics of isolated electron beam-resistant bacteria

	4 kGy						7 kGy
	colony1	colony2	colony3	colony4	colony5	colony6	colony1	colony2	colony3
Shape	cocci	cocci	cocci	cocci	cocci	cocci	cocci	cocci	cocci
Gram stain	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Catalase	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Pigment	Red	Red	Red	Yellow	Yellow	Yellow	Red	Red	Red
NaCl 3%	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
NaCl 5%	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
NaCl 10%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-