Planococcus halocryophilus BT

Lee, Jae Kyeong, Baek, Ju Hye, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Cha, Chang-Jun, Kim, Wonyong, Kim, Myung Kyum & Jeon, Taegun Seo and Che Ok, 2023, A report of 21 unrecorded bacterial species belonging to the phyla Bacillota and Verrucomicrobiota in Korea, Journal of Species Research 12, pp. 15-22 : 22

Description of Planococcus halocryophilus BT 723

Cells are Gram-staining-positive short rods without a flagellum. Colonies are circular, convex, glistening, smooth, opaque, and ivory-colored after three days of incubation at 25℃ on R2 A agar. Positive for gelatinase and β-galactosidase activities. Utilizes D- glucose. Negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, esculin hydrolysis, and arginine dihydrolase and urease activities. Does not utilize L- arabinose, D- mannose, D- mannitol, N- acetylglucosamine, D- maltose, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate, and phenylacetic acid. Strain BT 723 (= NIBRBAC000508871) was isolated from soil from Samcheok, Gangwon-do, Korea (37°31′14.5″N 129°07′ 18.4″E) .