Alcanivorax venustensis IMCC

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 : 250

Description of Alcanivorax venustensis IMCC 12398

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, non-pigmented, and rod-shaped. Colonies are punctiform, convex and dry, and white colored after 3 days of incubation on MA at 15°C. Positive for nitrate reduction, esculin hydrolysis and gelatinase in API 20NE, but negative for indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease and β -galactosidase. N -Acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose and malic acid are utilized. Does not utilize D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, Dmannitol, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid. Strain IMCC 12398 (= NIBRBA0000114865) was isolated from a seawater sample, Sokcho, Korea.