Chitinophaga arvensicola

Cho, Sang Hyun, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Kim, Seung-Bum, Jahng, Kwang-Yeop, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Joh, Ki-seong, Cha, Chang-Jun, Seong, Chi-Nam, Bae, Jin-Woo & Jeon, Wan-Taek Im and Che Ok, 2017, A report of 29 unrecorded bacterial species belonging to the phylum Bacteroidetes in Korea, Journal of Species Research 6 (2), pp. 119-128 : 125

Description of Chitinophaga arvensicola C2-40

Cells are gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, entire, and bright yellow-colored after 5 days of incubation on TSA at 30°C. Positive for esculin hydrolysis and β -galactosidase activities. Negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease, and gelatinase activities. D-Glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, N -acetyl-glucosamine and D-maltose is utilized. Does not utilize, malic acid, adipic acid, Dmannitol, potassium gluconate, phenylacetic acid, trisodium citrate, and capric acid. Strain C2-40 (= NIBRBAC 000498025) was isolated from a natural cave sample, Jeju island, Korea.