Psychrobacter nivimaris WS-MW

Choi, Ahyoung, Bae, Jin-Woo, Cha, Chang-Jun, Chun, Jongsik, Im, Wan-Taek, Jahng, Kwang Yeop, Jeon, Che Ok, Joh, Kiseong, Kim, Seung Bum, Seong, Chi Nam, Yoon, Jung-Hoon & Cho, Jang-Cheon, 2015, A report of 39 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the Betaproteobacteria and Gammaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 4 (2), pp. 109-126 : 121

Description of Psychrobacter nivimaris WS-MW 1

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, non-pigmented, and oval-shaped. Colonies are circular, smooth, glistening, and cream colored after 3 days on MA at 25°C. Positive for nitrate reduction, glucose fermentation, and urease in API 20NE, but negative for indole production, arginine dihydrolase, esculin hydrolysis, gelatinase, and β -galactosidase. Capric acid, malic acid, and phenylacetic acid are utilized. Does not utilize Dglucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, adipic acid, and trisodium citrate. Strain WS-MW1 (= NIBRBA 0000114004) has been isolated from a seaweed sample, Wando, Korea.