Cytophaga massiliensis

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 : 126

Description of Cytophaga massiliensis DF-2

Cells are gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, and rod-shaped. Colonies irregular, convex, and yellow-colored after 2 days of incubation at 25°C on R2A. Positive for esculin hydrolysis. Negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, and arginine dihydrolase, β -galactosidase, urease, and gelatinase activities. D-Glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, and Dmaltose are utilized. Does not utilize D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, potassium gluconate, adipic acid, malic acid, phenylacetic acid, trisodium citrate, and capric acid. Strain DF-2 (= NIBRBAC000498044) was isolat- ed from a fresh water sample, Jeonju, Korea.