Pseudomonas alcaligenes (Monias, 1928)

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 : 197

Description of Pseudomonas alcaligenes B-12

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, flagellated, non-pigmented, and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, raised, entire, and pale-yellow colored after 2 days on MA at 25℃. 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. Capric acid, malic acid, and trisodium citrate is utilized. Does not utilize D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, adipic acid, and phenylacetic acid. Strain B-12 (= NIBRBA0000113994) has been isolated from a tidal flat sample, Taean, Korea.