Devosia neptuniae BO

Liu, Qingmei, Kim, Seung-Bum, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Joh, Kiseong, Seong, Chi-Nam, Jeon, Che-Ok, Kim, Wonyong & Im, Myung Kyum Kim and Wan-Taek, 2019, Description of 42 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the class Alphaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 8 (4), pp. 351-364 : 354

Description of Devosia neptuniae BO 184

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, smooth, convex, and white color after 3 days on R2A at 25°C. In API 20NE, positive for urease, esculin hydrolysis, β -galactosidase, negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, and gelatinase. Does not utilize, D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate, and phenylacetic acid. Strain BO184 (= NIBRBAC 000502412) has been isolated from plantation soil, Suncheon, Korea.