Description of Erythrobacter odishensis IMCC 25650

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, non-pigmented, and cocci-shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, entire, and red-colored after 3 days of incubation on MA at 20° C. Positive for nitrate reduction and gelatinase, but negative for indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease, esculin hydrolysis, β -galactosidase, and cytochrome oxidase in the API 20NE test. D-Glucose is utilized but L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N -acetylglucosamine, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate, and phenylacetic acid are not utilized. Strain IMCC25650 (= NIBRBAC000498549) was isolated from a plant root sample collected at Sido, Ongjin, Incheon, Korea.