Arenibacter echinorum MW

Cho, Sang Hyun, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Kim, Seung-Bum, Jahng, Kwang-Yeop, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Joh, Ki-seong, Cha, Chang-Jun, Seong, Chi-Nam, Bae, Jin-Woo & Jeon, Wan-Taek Im and Che Ok, 2017, A report of 29 unrecorded bacterial species belonging to the phylum Bacteroidetes in Korea, Journal of Species Research 6 (2), pp. 119-128 : 123

Description of Arenibacter echinorum MW 24

Cells are gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, raised, and entire pale yellow-colored after 2 days of incubation at 30°C on MA. Positive for nitrate reduction, esculin hydrolysis, and β - galactosidase activity. Negative for indole production, glucose fermentation, and arginine dihydrolase, urease, and gelatinase activities. D-Glucose, D-mannose, N - acetyl-glucosamine, and D-maltose are utilized. Does not utilize L-arabinose, D-mannitol, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate, and phenylacetic acid. Strain MW24 (= NIBRBAC0004 97863) was isolated from a tidal flat sample, Taean, Korea.