Description of Indioceanicola profundi KYW1819

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, and rod shaped. Colonies are circular, smooth, convex, and pale pink colored after 5 days of incubation at 25℃ on MA. Positive for indole production. Negative for nitrate reduction, glucose fermentation, esculin hydrolysis, and arginine dihydrolase, urease, gelatinase, and β -galactosidase activities. Malic acid is utilized. Does not utilize D- glucose, L- arabinose, D- mannose, D- mannitol, N -acetylglucosamine, D- maltose, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, trisodium citrate, and phenylacetic acid. Strain KYW1819 (= NIBRBAC000503292) was isolated from a sea water sample, Gwangyang, Korea.