Vibrio tapetis ES

Choi, Ahyoung, Bae, Jin-Woo, Cha, Chang-Jun, Chun, Jongsik, Im, Wan-Taek, Jahng, Kwang Yeop, Jeon, Che Ok, Joh, Kiseong, Kim, Seung Bum, Seong, Chi Nam, Yoon, Jung-Hoon & Cho, Jang-Cheon, 2015, A report of 39 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the Betaproteobacteria and Gammaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 4 (2), pp. 109-126 : 122

Description of Vibrio tapetis ES 05-27M-7

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, undulate, and beigecolored after 4 days on MA at 25°C. Positive for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, esculin hydrolysis, gelatinase, and β -galactosidase in API 20NE, but negative for arginine dihydrolase and urease. Malic acid is utilized. Does not utilize D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, trisodium citrate, and phenylacetic acid. Strain ES05- 27M-7 (= NIBRBA0000113914) has been isolated from a seawater sample, Pohang, the East Sea, Korea.