Description of Pseudomonas punonensis CAU 1335

Cells are Gram-stain-negative, flagellated, non-pigmented and rod-shaped. Colonies are small circular, convex and cream colored after incubation for 3 days on pH 8 MA at 30℃. Positive for nitrate reduction, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease and esculin hydrolysis, but negative for indole production, gelatin hydrolysis and β -galactosidase in API 20NE. D-Glucose, L-arabinose, N-acetylglucosamine, D-maltose, capric acid, malic acid and trisodium citrate are utilized as sole carbon sources, but not D-mannose, D-mannitol, potassium gluconate, adipic acid and phenylacetic acid. Strain CAU 1335 (= NIBRBAC000498504) was isolated from a seawater sample, Jeju Island, Korea .