Rheinheimera texasensis TJB

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 : 114

Description of Rheinheimera texasensis TJB 7

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, flagellated, non-pigmented and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, transparent and yellow-colored after 2 days of incubation on R2A at 25°C. Positive for cytochrome oxidase and gelatinase, but negative for arginine dihydrolase, esculin hydrolysis, β -galactosidase, glucose fermentation, indole production, nitrates reduction and urease in API 20NE test. Potassium gluconate is utilized. Strain TJB7 (= NIBRBAC000498051) has been isolated from fresh water sample, Yeonggwang, Jeollanam-do, Korea.