Bosea massiliensis IK

Liu, Qingmei, Kim, Seung-Bum, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Joh, Ki-seong, Cha, Chang-Jun, Chun, Jong-sik, Seong, Chi-Nam, Bae, Jin-Woo, Jahng, Kwang-Yeop, Jeon, Che-Ok & Im, Wan-Taek, 2015, A report of 29 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the Alphaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 4 (2), pp. 97-108 : 105

Description of Bosea massiliensis IK 38

Cells are Gram­staining­negative, non­flagellated, nonpigmented, and rod-shaped. Colonies are rhizoid, convex and light brown colored after 3 days of incubation on NA medium at 25° C. Positive for nitrate reduction, Indole production, urea and glucose fermentation but negative for arginine dihydrolase, esculin hydrolysis, gelatinase and β -galactosidase. Show positive assimilates for D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, trisodium citrate and adipic acid in API 20NE, but negative for capric acid and phenyl acetic acid. Strain IK38 (= NIBRBA0000113857) has been isolated from a freshwater sample, Incheon, Korea .