Amphritea balenae LPB

Kanjanasuntree, Rungravee, Cha, Chang-Jun, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Im, Wan-Taek, Kim, Myung Kyum, Jeon, Che-Ok, Joh, Kiseong, Kim, Seung-Bum, Seong, Chi-Nam, Yi, Hana, Lee, Soon Dong & Kim, Jin-Woo Bae and Wonyong, 2019, A report on 53 unrecorded bacteria species in Korea in the class Gammaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 8 (4), pp. 319-336 : 331

Amphritea balenae LPB 0189

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, flagellated, and rod shaped. Colonies are cream color, circular, convex, and smooth after incubation on MA at 25℃ for 3 days under aerobic conditions. Strain is positive for cytochrome oxidase; but negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, esculin hydrolysis, β-galactosidase, gelatinase, urease, and utilization of glucose, arabinose, mannose, mannitol, N- acetyl-glucosamine, maltose, potassium gluconate, adipic acid, malic acid, capric acid, trisodium citrate, and phenylacetic acid in API 20NE. Strain LPB0189 (= NIBRBAC000501017) was isolated from seawater from Munseom , Jeju-do, Republic of Korea .