Aquabacterium parvum

Kim, Pil Soo, Cha, Chang-Jun, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Chun, Jongsik, Im, Wan-Taek, Jahng, Kwang Yeop, Jeon, Che Ok, Joh, Kiseong, Kim, Seung Bum, Seong, Chi Nam, Yoon, Jung-Hoon & Bae, Jin-Woo, 2016, A report of 21 unreported bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the Betaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 5 (1), pp. 179-187 : 185

Description of Aquabacterium parvum W3-2-5

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, non-pigmented, and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, raised, entire and white-colored after 3 days of incubation on R2 A at 30℃. Positive for cytochrome oxidase and nitrate reduction, but negative for esculin hydrolysis, gelatinase, β -galactosidase, arginine dihydrolase, urease, indole production and glucose fermentation in API 20NE test. Adipic acid and malic acid are utilized. Strain W3-2-5 (= NIBRBA0000114213) has been isolated from mineral water, Daejeon, Korea .