Ferrovibrio xuzhouensis

Liu, Qingmei, Kim, Seung-Bum, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Joh, Kiseong, Seong, Chi-Nam, Jeon, Che-Ok, Kim, Wonyong & Im, Myung Kyum Kim and Wan-Taek, 2019, Description of 42 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the class Alphaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 8 (4), pp. 351-364 : 363

Description of Ferrovibrio xuzhouensis H-1

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, and cream col- or after 2 days on R2A at 30°C. In API 20NE, positive for nitrate reduction, arginine dihydrolase, and urease, and negative for indole production, glucose fermentation, gelatinase, esculin hydrolysis, and β -galactosidase. Dglucose, L-arabinose, N -acetyl-glucosamine, adipic acid, and malic acid are utilized. Does not utilize D-mannose, D-mannitol, potassium gluconate, D-maltose, capric acid, trisodium citrate, and phenylacetic acid. Strain H-1 (= NIBRBAC000502468) has been isolated from sludge, Suwon, Korea.