Description of Pseudomonas cuatrocienegasensis YC 7-24

Cells are Gram-stain-negative, flagellated, non-pigmented and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, entire and light yellow colored after incubation for 2 days on TSA at 30°C. Positive for nitrate reduction, but negative for indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease, esculin hydrolysis, gelatin hydrolysis and β -galactosidase in API 20NE. D-Glucose, potassium gluconate, malic acid and trisodium citrate are utilized as sole carbon sources, but not L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N-acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, capric acid, adipic acid and phenylacetic acid. Strain YC7-24 (= NIBRBAC000498655) was isolated from a cave sample, Jeju Island, Korea.