Sulfitobacter mediterraneus

Jin, Hyun Mi, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Kim, Seung-Bum, Jahng, Kwang-Yeop, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Joh, Ki-seong, Cha, Chang-Jun, Seong, Chi-Nam, Bae, Jin-Woo, Im, Wan-Taek & Jeon, Che-Ok, 2016, A report of 42 unrecorded bacterial species belonging to the Alphaproteobacteria in Korea, Journal of Species Research 5 (2), pp. 206-219 : 218

Description of Sulfitobacter mediterraneus 16-4-1

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, entire and pale yellow colored after 2 days on MA at 25°C. Positive for nitrate reduction and β -galactosidase. Negative for glucose fermentation, indole production, esculin hydrolysis, and arginine dihydrolase, gelatinase, and urease activities. Does not utilize D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, malic acid, N -acetyl-glucosamine, phenylacetic acid, capric acid, adipic acid, and trisodium citrate. Strain 16-4-1 (= NIBRBA0000114369) was isolated from a tidal flat sample, Taean, Korea.