Paracoccus zhejiangensis BM

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 : 151

Description of Paracoccus zhejiangensis BM 15

Cells are Gram­staining­negative, non­flagellated, pigmented and rod­shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, entire and orange colored after 3 days of incubation on MA at 25°C. Positive for nitrate reduction, indole production, β ­galactosidase and esculin hydrolysis but negative for arginine dihydrolase, urease, glucose fermentation and gelatinase in API 20NE. Utilizes D­glucose, D­mannose, N ­acetyl­glucosamine and malic acid. D­mannitol, L­arabinose, potassium gluconate, and Dmaltose, capric acid, adipic acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid are not utilized. Strain BM15 (= NIBR BA0000114936) has been isolated from gut of Fulvia mutica , Korea.