Stappia taiwanensis HME

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 Stappia taiwanensis HME 9619

Cells are Gram­staining­negative, non­flagellated, diffusible­pigmented and rod­shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, entire and beige colored after 3 days of incubation on MA at 25°C. In API 20NE, positive for β ­galactosidase and malic acid, while negative for nitrate reduction, glucose fermentation, esculin hydrolysis, gelatinase, urease, indole production, arginine dihydrolase and assimilation of D­glucose, D­mannose, D­mannitol, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, trisodium citrate, N ­acetyl­glucosamine and phenylacetic acid. Strain HME9619 (= NIBRBA0000114990) has been isolated from sea water, Wando, Korea.