Gemmobacter fontiphilus RDH

Kim, Kyung Hyun, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Kim, Seung-Bum, Jahng, Kwang-Yeop, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Joh, Ki-seong, Cha, Chang-Jun, Seong, Chi-Nam, Bae, Jin-Woo & Jeon, Wan-Taek Im and Che Ok, 2017, A report of 31 unrecorded bacterial species belonging to the class Alphaproteobacteria in Korea, Journal of Species Research 6 (2), pp. 129-140 : 135

Description of Gemmobacter fontiphilus RDH 1

Cells are gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, and rod-shaped. Colonies are convex, round, smooth, entire, and green-colored after 2 days of incubation at 30°C on R2 A. Positive for nitrate reduction, esculin hydrolysis, and β -galactosidase activity. D-Glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, adipic acid, and malic acid are utilized. Negative for indole production, glucose fermentation, and arginine dihydrolase, urease, and gelatinase activities. Does not utilize potassium gluconate, capric acid, trisodium citrate, and phenylacetic acid. Strain RDH1 (= NIBRBAC 000498075) was isolated from a fresh water pond sample, Seoul, Korea .