Zobellia amurskyensis WSW-MO

Chun, Jeesun, Bae, Jin-Woo, Cha, Chang-Jun, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Chun, Jongsik, Im, Wan-Taek, Jeon, Che Ok, Joh, Kiseong, Kim, Seung Bum, Seong, Chi Nam, Yoon, Jung-Hoon & Jahng, Kwang Yeop, 2015, Report on 14 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea that belong to the phyla Bacteroidetes and Deinococcus-Thermus, Journal of Species Research 4 (2), pp. 137-144 : 143

Description of Zobellia amurskyensis WSW-MO 2

Cells are Gram­staining­negative, non­flagellated, nonpigmented and rod­shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, glistening and orange­colored after 3 days on MA at 25°C. Positive for nitrate reduction, esculin hydrolysis and β ­galactosidase in API 20NE, but negative for indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease and gelatinase. Does not utilize D­glucose, L­arabinose, D­mannose, D­mannitol, N ­acetyl­glucosamine, D­maltose, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid. Strain WSW­MO2 (= NIBRBA0000114007) has been isolated from a seawater sample, Wando, Korea.