Psychrobacter arcticus BM

Lim, Yeonjung, Joung, Yochan, Nam, Gi Gyun, Jahng, Kwang-Yeop, Kim, Seung-Bum, Joh, Ki-seong, Cha, Chang-Jun, Seong, Chi-Nam, Bae, Jin-Woo, Im, Wan-Taek & Cho, Jang-Cheon, 2016, A report on 33 unrecorded bacterial species of Korea isolated in 2014, belonging to the class Gammaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 5 (2), pp. 241-253 : 250

Description of Psychrobacter arcticus BM 06

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, non-pigmented, and cocci-shaped. Colonies are circular, and cream colored after 3 days of incubation on MA at 25°C. Positive for nitrate reduction and arginine dihydrolase in API 20NE, but negative for indole production, glucose fermentation, urease, esculin hydrolysis, gelatinase and β -galactosidase. D-Glucose, D-mannose, N -acetyl-glucosamine, potassium gluconate, capric acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid are utilized. Does not utilize L-arabinose, D-mannitol, D-maltose and adipic acid. Strain BM06 (= NIBRBA0000114949) was isolated from gut of Anadara granosa .