Martelella radices BSW

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 : 150

Description of Martelella radices BSW 2

Cells are Gram­staining­negative, non­flagellated, diffusible pigmented, and rod shaped. Colonies are circular, raised, entire and ivory­colored after 2 days on MA at 25°C. Positive for nitrate reduction, glucose fermentation, esculin hydrolysis and β ­galactosidase in API 20NE, but negative for urease, indole production, arginine dihydrolase and gelatinase. D­glucose, L­arabinose, D­mannitol and phenylacetic acid are utilized. Capric acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate, D­mannose, N ­acetyl­glucosamine, D­maltose, potassium gluconate, and adipic acid are not assimilated. Strain BSW2 (= NIBRBA 0000114955) has been isolated from tidal flat, Taean, Korea.