Caulobacter vibrioides IK

Liu, Qingmei, Kim, Seung-Bum, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Joh, Ki-seong, Cha, Chang-Jun, Chun, Jong-sik, Seong, Chi-Nam, Bae, Jin-Woo, Jahng, Kwang-Yeop, Jeon, Che-Ok & Im, Wan-Taek, 2015, A report of 29 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the Alphaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 4 (2), pp. 97-108 : 107

Description of Caulobacter vibrioides IK 06

Cells are Gram­staining­negative, non­flagellated, diffusible-pigmented, and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, and colorless (white) after 3 days of incubation on R2A at 25°C. In API 20NE, positive for nitrate reduction, glucose fermentation, esculin hydrolysis, gelatinase, urease and β -galactosidase. Negative for, indole production, arginine dihydrolase, D-glucose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, trisodium citrate, and phenylacetic acid. Strain IK06 (= NIBRBA0000113855) has been isolated from a freshwater sample, Incheon, Korea.