Description of Dickeya chrysanthemi 9023

Cells are Gram-stain-negative, non-flagellated, nonpigmented and rod-shaped. Colonies are irregular, undulate, glistening and white colored after incubation for 2 days on R2 A at 30℃. Positive for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, esculin hydrolysis, gelatin hydrolysis and β -galactosidase, but negative for arginine dihydrolase and urease in API 20NE. D-Glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, Nacetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, malic acid and trisodium citrate are utilized as sole carbon sources, but not capric acid, adipic acid and phenylacetic acid. Strain 9023 (= NIBRBAC000498576) was isolated from a sediment sample, Seoul, Korea .