Bacillus berkeleyi CAU 1339

Nahar, Shamsun, Lee, Do-Hoon, Bae, Jin-Woo, Im, Wan-Taek, Jahng, Kwang Yeop, Joh, Kiseong, Kim, Wonyong, Lee, Soon Dong & Cha, Hana Yi and Chang-Jun, 2018, Report on 30 unrecorded bacterial species of the phylum Firmicutes isolated from Korea in 2016, Journal of Species Research 7 (1), pp. 50-59 : 56

Description of Bacillus berkeleyi CAU 1339

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, sleek and glistening, convex and pale yellow-colored after 3 days of incubation on MA at 30°C. Positive for nitrate reduction and hydrolysis esculin and gelatin. Negative for indole production, fermentation of D- glucose, L- arginine and urea and β -galactosidase activity. Utilizes D- glucose, L- arabinose, D- maltose, adipate, malate and phenylacetate. Does not utilize D- mannose, D- mannitol, N -acetylglucosamine, potassium gluconate, caprate and citrate. Strain CAU 1339 (= NIBRBAC000498505) was isolated from seawater.