Arcobacter aquimarinus IMCC

Joung, Yochan, Jang, Hye-Jin, Kim, Myeong Woon, Hwang, Juchan & Cho, Jaeho Song and Jang-Cheon, 2019, A report of 26 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, isolated from urban streams of the Han River watershed in 2018, Journal of Species Research 8 (3), pp. 249-258 : 254

Description of Arcobacter aquimarinus IMCC 34908

Cells are Gram-stain-negative, flagellated, non-pigmented, and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, and entire after incubation for 3 days on R2A at 20℃. Positive for nitrate reduction and esculin hydrolysis, but negative for oxidase, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, gelatin hydrolysis, urease, and β-galactosidase in API 20NE. D-Glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate, and phenylacetic acid are not utilized as sole carbon sources. Strain IMCC34908 (= NNIBR2018143BA561) was isolated from a freshwater sample, Gulpo Stream, Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.