Rheinheimera tilapiae JF

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 : 115

Description of Rheinheimera tilapiae JF 6

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, flagellated, non-pigmented and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, raised and yellow-colored after 2 days of incubation on R2A at 25°C. Positive for cytochrome oxidase, esculin hydrolysis, β -galactosidase and nitrates reduction, but negative for arginine dihydrolase, gelatinase, glucose fermentation, indole production and urease in API 20NE test. Strain JF6 (= NIBRBAC000498056) has been isolated from fresh water sample, Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do, Korea.