Wenyingzhuangia aestuarii (Yoon and Kasai, 2016)

Hwang, Chi Young, Cho, Eui-Sang, Jung, Dong-Hyun, Lee, Ki-Eun, Cha, In-Tae & Seo, Won-Jae Chi and Myung-Ji, 2023, A report of 21 unrecorded bacterial species of Korea belonging to the phylum Bacteroidota isolated in 2021, Journal of Species Research 12, pp. 23-32 : 29

Description of Wenyingzhuangia aestuarii G1-8

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated and rod shaped. Colonies are circular and pale yellow colored after aerobic incubation for three days on marine agar 2216 (MA) at 30℃. In the API 20NE system, positive reaction for oxidase activity, urease activity, esculin hydrolysis, β-galactosidase activity, and utilization of D- mannose. In the API 20NE system, negative reaction for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, gelatin hydrolysis and utilization of D- glucose, L- arabinose, D- mannitol, N- acetylglucosamine, D- maltose, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid. Strain G1-8 (= NIBRBAC000508960) was isolated from seaweed from Goseong, Gangwon-do, Korea.