Photobacterium atrarenae GJH

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 Photobacterium atrarenae GJH 2-4

Strain GJH2-4 (= CYQTBAC000000063) was isolat- ed from marine sediment in Gwakji, Jeju, Korea. GJH2- 4 cells are Gram-stain-negative and rod-shaped (0.5 × 1.2 μm). GJH2-4 colonies are circular, convex, and yellow colored after 2 days of incubation on HMA at 30° C. Cells are positive for oxidase and catalase activity, and negative for the 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 protease (gelatin hydrolysis), alkaline phosphatase, esterase (C4), esterase lipase (C8), leucine arylamidase, valine arylamidase, and Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase, but negative activity for arginine dihydrolase, urease, β-glucosidase (esculin hydrolysis), β-galactosidase (PNPG), lipase (C14), cystine arylamidase, trypsin, α-chymotrypsin, acid phosphatase, α-galactosidase, β-glucuronidase, α-glucosidase, N -acetyl-β-glucosamin- idase, α-mannosidase, and α-fucosidase. Moreover, cells are positive for utilization of citrate and phenyl-acetate, and negative for utilization of D-mannose, gluconate, adipate, malate, D-mannitol, D-glucose, salicin, D-melibiose, L-fucose, D-sorbitol, L-arabinose, propionate, caprate, valerate, L-histidine, 2-ketogluconate, 3-hydroxy-butyr- ate, 4-hydroxy-benzoate, L-proline, L-rhamnose, N -acetyl-D-glucosamine, D-ribose, inositol, D-sucrose, D-maltose, itaconate, suberate, malonate, acetate, lactate, L-alanine, 5-ketogluconate, glycogen, 3-hydroxy-benzoate, and L-serine as energy and carbon source .