Pseudooceanicola nitratireducens WS

Han, Ji Yeon, Lim, Oung Bin, Chea, So-Yi, Lee, Hyosun, Lee, Ki-Eun, Cha, In-Tae & Kim, Won-Jae Chi and Dong-Uk, 2022, A report on 20 unrecorded bacterial species of Korea isolated from soil in 2021, Journal of Species Research 11 (4), pp. 310-320 : 318

Description of Pseudooceanicola nitratireducens WS 2

Cells are Gram-stain-negative and oval-shaped. Cell size is 0.7-0.9 μm. Colonies are circular, smooth, entire, and yellow pigmented after 3 days of incubation at 28°C on Marine agar. Positive for reduction of nitrates to nitrite (NO 3 ->NO 2 -), D-glucose, D-mannitol, D-maltose, gluconate, malate, citrate, and phenyl-acetate; but negative for indole production, glucose acidification, arginine dihydrolase, urease, β -glucosidase (esculin hydrolysis), protease (gelatin hydrolysis), β -Galactosidase ( PNPG), L-arabinose, D-mannose, N -acetyl-D-glucosamine, caprate, and adipate. D-mannitol, D-glucose, citrate, D-sucrose, D-maltose, L-alanine; but does not utilize salicin, D-melibiose, L-fucose, D-sorbitol, L-arabinose, propionate, caprate, valerate, L-histidine, 2-ketogluconate, 3-hy- droxy-butyrate, 4-hydroxy-benzoate, L-proline, L-rhamnose, N -acetyl-D-glucosamine, D-ribose, inositol, itaconate, suberate, malonate, acetate, lactate, 5-ketogluconate, glycogen, 3-hydroxy-benzoate, and L-serine. Enzymatic activity reaction was positive for alkaline phosphatase, esterase (C4), esterase lipase (C8), leucine arylamidase, acid phosphatase, and naphtol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase; but negative for lipase (C14), valine arylamidase, cystine arylamidase, trypsin, α -chymotrypsin, α -galactosidase, β -galactosidase, β -glucuronidase, α -glucosidase, β -gluco- sidase, N -acetyl- β -glucosaminidase, α -mannosidase, and α -fucosidase. Strain WS 2 (= NIBRBAC000509142) was isolated from a marine soil sample, Jeju Island, Korea .