Arenibacter echinorum HME

Kim, Haneul, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Cha, Chang-Jun, Seong, Chi Nam, Im, Wan-Taek, Jahng, Kwang Yeop, Jeon, Che Ok, Kim, Seung Bum & Joh, Kiseong, 2016, A report of 26 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes, Journal of Species Research 5 (1), pp. 166-178 : 173

Description of Arenibacter echinorum HME 9268

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, entire and yellow colored after 3 days on R2A at 30°C. Oxidase- activity is positive. In the API 20NE strip, esculin hydrolysis and β -galactosidase activity and assimilation of D-glucose, D-mannose, N -acetyl-glucosamine and D-maltose are positive, but nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease and gelatinase activities and assimilation of L-arabinose, D-mannitol, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid are negative. Strain HME9268(= NIBRBA0000114395) has been isolated from a lagoon sample, Gangneung, Korea.