Thalassobacillus devorans HME

Han, Ji-Hye, Joung, Yochan, Kim, Tae-Su, Bae, Jin-Woo, Cha, Chang-Jun, Chun, Jongsik, Im, Wan-Taek, Jahng, Kwang Yeop, Jeon, Che Ok, Joh, Kiseong, Seong, Chi Nam, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Cho, Jang-Cheon & Kim, Seung Bum, 2015, Report on 24 unrecorded bacterial species of Korea belonging to the phylum Firmicutes, Journal of Species Research 4 (2), pp. 127-136 : 132

Description of Thalassobacillus devorans HME 8790

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, flagellated, non-pigmented, and rod­shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, entire and white­colored after 2 days of incubation on MA at 30°C. Based on API 20NE, positive for nitrate reduction, esculin hydrolysis, gelatinase, and β ­galactosidase, but negative for glucose fermentation, indole production, arginine dihydrolase, and urease. Strain HME8790 (= NIBRBA0000114093) was isolated from mud, Shinan, Korea.