Description of Thauera chlorobenzoica CAU 1556

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, flagellated, and rod shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, shiny, opaque, and cream colored after 2 days of incubation at 30℃ on MA. Positive for nitrate reduction and esculin hydrolysis. Negative for indole production, glucose fermentation, and arginine dihydrolase, urease, gelatinase, and β -galactosidase activities. Does not utilize D- glucose, L- arabinose, D- mannose, D- mannitol, N -acetylglucosamine, D- maltose, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate, and phenylacetic acid. Strain CAU 1556 (= NIBRBAC000503231) was isolated from a sand sample, Jeju, Korea.