Description of Roseomonas aquatica HMF5336

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated and coccus shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, smooth, wet and pale red colored after 3 days of incubation at 30℃ on R2A. Negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, esculin hydrolysis, and gelatinase, arginine dihydrolase, urease, and β -galactosidase activities. D- Mannitol, N -acetylglucosamine, and potassium gluconate are utilized. Does not utilize D- glucose, L- arabinose, D- mannose, D- maltose, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate, and phenylacetic acid. Strain HMF5336 (= NIBRBAC000503107) was isolated from a rusted iron sample, Yongin, Korea.