Ruegeria atlantica (Ruger & Hofle, 1992) Vandecandelaere et al., 2008

Jin, Hyun Mi, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Kim, Seung-Bum, Jahng, Kwang-Yeop, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Joh, Ki-seong, Cha, Chang-Jun, Seong, Chi-Nam, Bae, Jin-Woo, Im, Wan-Taek & Jeon, Che-Ok, 2016, A report of 42 unrecorded bacterial species belonging to the Alphaproteobacteria in Korea, Journal of Species Research 5 (2), pp. 206-219 : 217

Description of Ruegeria atlantica F4

Cells are Gram-staining-negative and rod-shaped. Colonies are convex and creamy yellow colored after 3 days on MA at 25°C. Positive for nitrate reduction, esculin hydrolysis, and β -galactosidase and arginine dihydrolase activities. Negative for glucose fermentation, indole production, and urease and gelatinase activities. Does not utilize potassium gluconate, adipic acid, malic acid, Dglucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, phenylacetic acid, trisodium citrate, and capric acid. Strain F4 (= NIBRBA0000114348) was isolated from a gut of haliotis discus hannai, Korea.