Oceanibaculum indicum 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 : 152

Description of Oceanibaculum indicum IMCC 12392

Cells are Gram­staining­negative, non­flagellated, pigmented and rod­shaped. Colonies are circular, raised, entire and yellow colored after 3 days on MA at 15°C. Positive for nitrate reduction and β ­galactosidase and negative for esculin hydrolysis, arginine dihydrolase, indole production, urease and glucose fermentation in API 20NE. Utilizes D­glucose, D­mannose, D­maltose, potassium gluconate, L­arabinose, D­mannitol, N ­acetyl­glucosamine, malic acid and adipic acid. Capric acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid are not utilized. Strain IMCC12392 (= NIBRBA0000114864) has been isolated from sea water, Wando, Korea.