Description of Erythrobacter zhengii KYW1376

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, and short rod or coccus shaped. Colonies are circular, smooth, convex, opaque, and orange-yellow colored after 5 days of incubation at 25℃ on MA. Positive for indole production and esculin hydrolysis. Negative for nitrate reduction, 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 KYW1376 (= NIBRBAC000503287) was isolated from a sea water sample, Gwangyang, Korea.