Williamsia maris, Stach et al., 2004

Kim, Mi-Sun, Lee, Ji-Hee, Kim, Seung-Bum, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Lee, Soon Dong, Joh, Ki-seong, Cha, Chang-Jun, Im, Wan-Taek, Bae, Jin-Woo, Jahng, Kwangyeop & Seong, Hana Yi and Chi-Nam, 2017, Unrecorded bacterial species belonging to the phylum Actinobacteria originated from Republic of Korea, Journal of Species Research 6 (1), pp. 25-41 : 37

Description of Williamsia maris C2-18

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and rod shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, entire and light yellow colored after 9 days on TSA at 30°C. Positive for β -galactosidase in API 20NE, but negative for arginine dihydrolase, esculin hydrolysis, gelatinase, glucose fermentation, indole production, nitrate reduction and urease. Does not utilize N -acetyl-glucosamine, adipic acid, L-arabinose, capric acid, D-glucose, malic acid, D-maltose, D-mannose, phenylacetic acid, potassium gluconate and trisodium citrate. Weakly utilize the Dmannitol. Strain C2-18 (= NIBRBAC000498023) has been isolated from a natural cave, Jeju, Korea.