Microbulbifer taiwanensis, Kämpfer et al., 2012

Kim, Min-Kyeong, Park, Jisun, Yun, Bo-Ram, Bae, Jin-Woo, Cha, Chang-Jun, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Im, Wan-Taek, Jahng, Kwang Yeop, Jeon, Che Ok, Joh, Kiseong, Kim, Wonyong, Lee, Soon Dong, Seong, Chi Nam & Kim, Hana Yi and Seung-Bum, 2018, Report of 39 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea belonging to Gammaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 7 (1), pp. 24-35 : 30

Description of Microbulbifer taiwanensis CAU 1046

Cells are Gram-stain-negative, non-flagellated, nonpigmented and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, glistening, convex and pale yellow colored after incubation for 3 days on MA at 30℃. Positive for esculin hydrolysis and gelatin hydrolysis, but negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease and β -galactosidase in API 20NE. L-Arabinose and D-maltose are utilized as sole carbon sources, but not D-glucose, D-mannose, N-acetyl-glucosamine, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid. Strain CAU 1046 (= NIBRBAC000498497) was isolated from a soil sample, Jeju Island , Korea .