Sphingopyxis italica

Siddiqi, Muhammad Zubair, Kim, Seung-Bum, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Joh, Ki-seong, Seong, Chi-Nam, Bae, Jin-Woo, Jahng, Kwang-Yeop & Im, Che-Ok Jeon and Wan-Taek, 2017, Description of 39 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the class Alphaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 6 (2), pp. 141-153 : 149

Description of Sphingopyxis italica 7C-17

Cells are Gram­staining­negative, non­flagellated, pigmented, and rod­shaped. Colonies are circular, raised, entire, and yellow colored after 2 days incubated on R2A at 30°C. Positive for esculin hydrolysis and β ­galactosidase in API 20NE. Negative for indole production, nitrate reduction, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease and gelatinase. Does not utilize L­arabinose, D­mannitol, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid. Utilizes Dglucose, D­mannose, N ­acetyl­glucosamine, D­maltose and malic acid. Strain 7C­17 (= NIBRBA0000114838) has been isolated from activated sludge, Daejeon, Korea.