Paracoccus denitrificans (Beijerinck & Minkman, 1910) Davis, 1969

Liu, Qingmei, Kim, Seung-Bum, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Joh, Kiseong, Seong, Chi-Nam, Jeon, Che-Ok, Kim, Wonyong & Im, Myung Kyum Kim and Wan-Taek, 2019, Description of 42 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the class Alphaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 8 (4), pp. 351-364 : 360

Description of Paracoccus denitrificans dNF-2

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, and coccus shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, smooth, and cream color after 2 days on R2A at 30°C. In API 20NE, positive for nitrate reduction and negative for esculin hydrolysis, β -galactosidase arginine dihydrolase, urease, indole production glucose fermentation, and gelatinase. D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucos- amine, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, malic acid, and phenylacetic acid are utilized. Do not utilize D-mannose, capric acid, adipic acid and trisodium citrate. Strain dNF- 2 (= NIBRBAC000502458) has been isolated from sludge, Suwon, Korea.