Janthinobacterium lividum JD

Kim, Hyun Sik, Cha, Chang-Jun, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Im, Wan-Taek, Jahng, Kwang Yeop, Jeon, Che Ok, Joh, Kiseong, Kim, Seung Bum, Seong, Chi Nam, Kim, Wonyong, Yi, Hana, Lee, Soon Dong & Bae, Jung-Hoon Yoon and Jin-Woo, 2017, A report on 57 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea in the classes Betaproteobacteria and Gammaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 6 (2), pp. 101-118 : 111

Description of Janthinobacterium lividum JD 24

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, non-pigmented and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, smooth and purple-white-colored after 2 days of incubation on R2A at 25°C. Positive for cytochrome oxidase, esculin hydrolysis, gelatinase and nitrates reduction, but negative for arginine dihydrolase, β -galactosidase, glucose fermentation, indole production and urease in API 20NE test. Adipic acid, L-arabinose, capric acid, D-glucose, malic acid, D-maltose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, phenylacetic acid and trisodium citrate are utilized. Strain JD24 (= NIBRBAC000497938) has been isolated from fresh water sample, Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea.