Phenylobacterium falsum IMCC

Siddiqi, Muhammad Zubair, Kim, Seung-Bum, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Joh, Ki-seong, Seong, Chi-Nam, Bae, Jin-Woo, Jahng, Kwang-Yeop & Im, Che-Ok Jeon and Wan-Taek, 2017, Description of 39 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the class Alphaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 6 (2), pp. 141-153 : 151

Description of Phenylobacterium falsum IMCC 12425

Cells are Gram­staining­negative, flagellated, pigmented and rod­shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, entire and white colored after 3 days on MA at 15°C. In API 20NE, positive for nitrate reduction, esculin hydrolysis and β ­galactosidase but negative for glucose fermentation, urease, indole production, arginine dihydrolase and gelatinase. Does not utilize D­glucose, L­arabinose, D­mannose, D­mannitol, N ­acetyl­glucosamine, potassium gluconate, adipic acid, malic acid, D­maltose, capric acid, phenylacetic acid and trisodium citrate. Strain IMCC12425 (= NIBRBA0000114866) has been isolated from sea water, Wando, Korea.