Salinicoccus siamensis SJ

Han, Ji-Hye, Joung, Yochan, Kim, Tae-Su, Bae, Jin-Woo, Cha, Chang-Jun, Chun, Jongsik, Im, Wan-Taek, Jahng, Kwang Yeop, Jeon, Che Ok, Joh, Kiseong, Seong, Chi Nam, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Cho, Jang-Cheon & Kim, Seung Bum, 2015, Report on 24 unrecorded bacterial species of Korea belonging to the phylum Firmicutes, Journal of Species Research 4 (2), pp. 127-136 : 135

Description of Salinicoccus siamensis SJ 2-6

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated, nonpigmented, and coccus­shaped. Colonies are circular, raised, entire and orange colored after 2 days on MA at 25°C. Based on API 20NE, positive for nitrate reduction and glucose fermentation, but negative for indole production, arginine dihydrolase, urease, esculin hydrolysis, gelatin hydrolysis, and β ­galactosidase. D­Glucose, Dmannitol, N ­acetyl­glucosamine, D­maltose, potassium gluconate, capric acid, malic acid and trisodium citrate are utilized. Does not utilize L­arabinose, D­mannose, adipic acid, and phenylacetic acid. Strain SJ2­6 (= NIBR BA0000114061) was isolated from salted shrimp, Kore­ an fermented food.