Description of Aeromonas allosaccharophila KB 012

Cells are Gram-stain-negative, non-flagellated, nonpigmented and oval-shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, smooth, opaque and white colored after incubation for 4 days on R 2A at 25℃. Positive for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, esculin hydrolysis, gelatin hydrolysis and β -galactosidase, but negative for urease in API 20NE. D-Glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N-acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, capric acid, malic acid and trisodium citrate are utilized as sole carbon sources, but not adipic acid and phenylacetic acid. Strain KB012 (= NIBRBAC000498636) was isolated from a freshwater sample, Gunsan, Korea