Halomonas pacifica MSPH

Kim, Minji, Lee, Ki-Eun, Cha, In-Tae & Park, Byoung-Hee Lee and Soo-Je, 2020, Eight unrecorded bacterial species isolated from soil and marine sediment in Korea, Journal of Species Research 9 (4), pp. 339-345 : 343

Description of Halomonas pacifica MSPH 4-1

Strain MSPH4-1 (= CYQTBAC000000065) was isolated from marine sediment in Mosulpo, Jeju, Korea. MSPH4-1 cells are Gram-stain-negative and rod-shaped (1.0 × 2.5 μm). The colonies are circular, convex, and white colored after 2 days of incubation on HMA at 25° C. Cells are positive for catalase activity, and negative for oxidase activity, reduction of nitrates (NO 3 -) to nitrite (NO 2 -), reduction of nitrates (NO 3 -) to nitrogen (N 2), indole production, and glucose acidification. Also, cells show positive activity for β-glucosidase (esculin hydrolysis), protease (gelatin hydrolysis), and β-galactosidase, have low activity for N -acetyl-D-glucosamine, but negative activity for arginine dihydrolase, and urease. Moreover, cells are positive for utilization of D-mannose, D-sucrose, D-maltose, glycogen, D-glucose, D-melibiose, and salicin, and negative for utilization of L-arabinose, D-mannitol, gluconate, caprate, adipate, malate, citrate, phenyl-acetate, L-rhamnose, D-ribose, inositol, itaconate, suberate, malonate, acetate, lactate, L-alanine, 5-ketoglu- conate, 3-hydroxybenzoate, L-serine, D-fucose, D-sorbitol, propionate, valerate, L-histidine, 2-ketogluconate, 3-hydroxy-butyrate, 4-hydroxy-benzoate, and L-proline as energy and carbon source .