Rahnella aquatilis MDY

Jung, Yong-Taek, Bae, Jin-Woo, Jeon, Che Ok, Joh, Kiseong, Seong, Chi Nam, Jahng, Kwang Yeop, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Cha, Chang-Jun, Im, Wan-Taek, Kim, Seung Bum & Yoon, Jung-Hoon, 2016, A report of 31 unrecorded bacterial species in South Korea belonging to the class Gammaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 5 (1), pp. 188-200 : 195

Description of Rahnella aquatilis MDY 2F18

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, raised, entire, and white colored after 2 days on R2A at 25℃. Positive for glucose fermentation, esculin hydrolysis and β-galactosidase, but negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, arginine dihydrolase, urease and gelatin hydrolysis in API 20NE. D-Glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, malic acid, and trisodium citrate. Does not utilize capric acid, adipic acid, and phenylacetic acid. Strain MDY2F18 (= NIBRBA0000114149) has been isolated from a fresh water sample, Deogyusan, Korea.