Idiomarina loihiensis IMCC1088

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 : 119

Description of Idiomarina loihiensis IMCC1088

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, smooth, and beige colored after 4 days on MA at 25°C. Positive for gelatinase in API 20NE, but negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease, esculin hydrolysis, and β -galactosidase. Does not utilize D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate, and phenylacetic acid. Strain IMCC 1088 (= NIBRBA0000113912) has been isolated from a seawater sample, Kosung, the East Sea, Korea.