Leisingera nanhaiensis KHS

Siddiqi, Muhammad Zubair, Kim, Seung-Bum, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Joh, Ki-seong, Seong, Chi-Nam, Bae, Jin-Woo, Jahng, Kwang-Yeop & Im, Che-Ok Jeon and Wan-Taek, 2017, Description of 39 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the class Alphaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 6 (2), pp. 141-153 : 151

Description of Leisingera nanhaiensis KHS 03

Cells are Gram­staining­negative, non­flagellated, pigmented and rod­shaped. Colonies are circular and beige colored after 3 days on MA at 25°C. In API 20NE, positive for nitrate reduction and negative for esculin hydrolysis, β ­galactosidase arginine dihydrolase, urease, indole production glucose fermentation, gelatinase and assimilation of D­glucose, L­arabinose, D­mannose, D­mannitol, N ­acetyl­glucosamine, potassium gluconate, malic acid, D­maltose, capric acid, adipic acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid. Strain KHS03 (= NIBRBA 0000114943) has been isolated from gut of Todarodes pacificus , Korea.