Raoultella electrica, Kimura et al., 2014

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 : 25

Description of Raoultella electrica 4231

Cells are Gram-stain-negative, non-flagellated, nonpigmented and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, entire, smooth, flat and white colored after incubation for 2 days on R2 A at 30℃. Positive for nitrate reduction, glucose fermentation, urease, esculin hydrolysis and β - galactosidase, but negative for indole production, arginine dihydrolase and gelatin hydrolysis in API 20NE. D-Glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, Nacetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, adipic acid, malic acid and trisodium citrate are utilized as sole carbon sources, but not capric acid and phenylacetic acid. Strain 4231 (= NIBRBAC000498567) was isolated from a sediment sample, Seoul, Korea .