Halobacillus faecis HMF

Kang, Heeyoung, Kim, Haneul, Bae, Jin-Woo, Lee, Soon Dong, Kim, Wonyong, Kim, Myung Kyum, Cha, Chang-Jun, Yi, Hana, Im, Wan-Taek, Kim, Seung Bum & Joh, Chi Nam Seong and Kiseong, 2019, A report of 38 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea within the classes Bacilli and Deinococci isolated from various sources, Journal of Species Research 8 (2), pp. 176-190 : 184

Description of Halobacillus faecis HMF 8043

Cells are Gram-stain-positive and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, smooth and pale orange-colored after incubation for three days on MA at 30℃. Oxidase activity is positive. Aesculin is hydrolyzed. Enzyme activity for gelatinase and β -galactosidase is positive. Enzyme activity for arginine dihydrolase and urease is negative. D-Glucose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, and potassium gluconate are assimilated. L-Arabinose, D-mannose, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate, and phenylacetic acid are not assimilated. Nitrate is not reduced to nitrite. Indole is not produced and glucose is not fermented. Strain HMF8043 (= NIBRBAC000501166) was isolated from brine of a solar saltern, Shinan, Republic of Korea (34°59 ʹ 47 ʺ N 126°10 ʹ 02 ʺ E) .