Description of Pseudomonas alcaliphila IMCC 25652

Cells are Gram-stain-negative, flagellated, non-pigmented and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, entire and white colored after incubation for 3 days on MA at 20℃. Positive for esculin hydrolysis, but negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease, gelatin hydrolysis and β -galactosidase in API 20NE. L-Arabinose, N-acetyl-glucosamine, capric acid, adipic acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid are utilized as sole carbon sources, but not D-glucose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, D-maltose, potassium gluconate and malic acid. Strain IMCC 25652 (= NIBRBAC000498551) was isolated from a plant root sample, Jo Island, Korea.