Sulfitobacter donghicola SDM

Siddiqi, Muhammad Zubair, Kim, Seung-Bum, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Joh, Ki-seong, Seong, Chi-Nam, Bae, Jin-Woo, Jahng, Kwang-Yeop & Im, Che-Ok Jeon and Wan-Taek, 2017, Description of 39 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the class Alphaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 6 (2), pp. 141-153 : 152

Description of Sulfitobacter donghicola SDM 0205

Cells are Gram­staining­negative, non­flagellated, pigmented and rod­shaped. Colonies are circular and yellow­beige colored after 3 days of incubation on MA at 25°C. Positive for nitrate reduction, urease and gelatinase In API 20NE. Negative for esculin hydrolysis, β ­galactosidase, arginine dihydrolase, indole production and glucose fermentation. Utilizes D­glucose, D­mannose, D­maltose and potassium gluconate. L­Arabinose, D­mannitol, N ­acetyl­glucosamine, malic acid, capric acid, adipic acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid are not utilized. Strain SDM0205 (= NIBRBA000011 4948) has been isolated from gut of Todarodes pacificus , Korea.