Citrobacter freundii WR

Lim, Yeonjung, Joung, Yochan, Nam, Gi Gyun, Jahng, Kwang-Yeop, Kim, Seung-Bum, Joh, Ki-seong, Cha, Chang-Jun, Seong, Chi-Nam, Bae, Jin-Woo, Im, Wan-Taek & Cho, Jang-Cheon, 2016, A report on 33 unrecorded bacterial species of Korea isolated in 2014, belonging to the class Gammaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 5 (2), pp. 241-253 : 249

Description of Citrobacter freundii WR 25

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, flagellated, non-pigmented, and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, raised and entire, and white colored after 2 days of incubation on R2A at 25°C. Positive for urease and gelatinase in API 20NE, but negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, esculin hydrolysis and β -galactosidase. D-Mannitol, potassium gluconate, adipic acid, malic acid and phenylacetic acid are utilized. Does not utilize D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, capric acid and trisodium citrate. Strain WR25 (= NIBRBA 0000114766) was isolated from a freshwater sample, Jeonju, Korea.