Gemmobacter caeni SIL

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 caeni SIL 02

Cells are gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, and round, circular, and convex-shaped. Colonies are circular, round, entire, and light yellow-colored after 2 days of incubation at 30°C on R2 A. Positive for glucose fermentation, esculin hydrolysis, and urease and β -galactosidase activities. D-Glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate, and phenylacetic acid are utilized. Negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, and arginine dihydrolase and gelatinase activities. Does not utilize N -acetyl-glucosamine and capric acid. Strain SIL02 (= NIBRBAC000498103) was isolat- ed from an activated sludge sample, Daejeon, Korea .