Arenicella chitinivorans, Nedashkovskaya et al., 2013

Kim, Min-Kyeong, Park, Jisun, Yun, Bo-Ram, Bae, Jin-Woo, Cha, Chang-Jun, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Im, Wan-Taek, Jahng, Kwang Yeop, Jeon, Che Ok, Joh, Kiseong, Kim, Wonyong, Lee, Soon Dong, Seong, Chi Nam & Kim, Hana Yi and Seung-Bum, 2018, Report of 39 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea belonging to Gammaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 7 (1), pp. 24-35 : 34

Description of Arenicella chitinivorans ZOD21

Cells are Gram-stain-negative, non-flagellated, nonpigmented and rod-shaped. Colonies are irregular, circular, smooth, entire and yellow colored after incubation for 5 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 20 NE. Dose not utilize D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N-acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid. Strain ZOD21 (= NIBRBAC000498478) was isolated from a Zostera marina sample, Seosan, Korea.