Providencia rettgeri KM

Kim, Hyun Sik, Cha, Chang-Jun, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Im, Wan-Taek, Jahng, Kwang Yeop, Jeon, Che Ok, Joh, Kiseong, Kim, Seung Bum, Seong, Chi Nam, Kim, Wonyong, Yi, Hana, Lee, Soon Dong & Bae, Jung-Hoon Yoon and Jin-Woo, 2017, A report on 57 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea in the classes Betaproteobacteria and Gammaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 6 (2), pp. 101-118 : 114

Description of Providencia rettgeri KM 3

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, non-pigmented and rod-shaped. Colonies are opaque, flat and white-colored after 2 days of incubation on R2A at 25°C. Positive for arginine dihydrolase, esculin hydrolysis, glucose fermentation, indole production, nitrates reduction and urease, but negative cytochrome oxidase, β -galactosidase and gelatinase in API 20NE test. N -Acetyl-glucosamine, capric acid, D-glucose, malic acid, D-mannitol, D-mannose, potassium gluconate and trisodium citrate are utilized. Strain KM3 (= NIBRBAC 000498041) has been isolated from sea water sample, Jeju, Jeju-do, Korea.