Cupriavidus necator Oil

Kim, Min-Kyeong, Seong, Chi-Nam, Jahng, Kwangyeop, Cha, Chang-Jun, Joh, Ki-seong, Bae, Jin-Woo, Cho, Jang-Cheon & Kim, Wan-Taek Im and Seung-Bum, 2017, Report of 21 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea belonging to Betaproteobacteria and Epsilonproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 6 (1), pp. 15-24 : 20

Description of Cupriavidus necator Oil 1-9

Cells are Gram negative and rod shaped. Grows on R 2A at 25°C. Colonies are white colored, and circular, convex with entire margin. Diffusible pigment is not produced. Based on API20NE, cytochrome oxidase, nitrate reduction, arginine dihydrolase and urease activities are positive, but indole production, glucose fermentation, β-glucosidase, protease and β-galactosidase activities are negative. Potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, citrate and phenylacetic acid are assimilated, but not D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N ­acetyl­glucosamine, maltose and trisodium citrate. Strain Oil1­9 (= NIBRBA 0000114824) was isolated from oil­contaminated soil.