Croceicoccus marinus IMCC

Siddiqi, Muhammad Zubair, Kim, Seung-Bum, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Joh, Ki-seong, Seong, Chi-Nam, Bae, Jin-Woo, Jahng, Kwang-Yeop & Im, Che-Ok Jeon and Wan-Taek, 2017, Description of 39 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the class Alphaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 6 (2), pp. 141-153 : 146

Description of Croceicoccus marinus IMCC 12376

Cells are Gram­staining­negative, non­flagellated, diffusible­pigmented, and rod­shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, smooth and yellow colored after 3 days of incubation on MA at 15°C. Strain IMCC12376 positive for nitrate reduction, hydrolysis of esculin, β ­galactosidase and negative for arginine dihydrolase, urease, Indole production, glucose fermentation and gelatin. Utilizes D­glucose, L­arabinose, N ­acetyl­glucosamine and malic acid but does not utilize capric acid, adipic acid, phenylacetic acid, D­mannose, D­mannitol, D­maltose, potassium gluconate and trisodium citrate. Strain IMCC 12376 (= NIBRBA0000114862) has been isolated from sea water, Sokcho, Korea.