Francisella salimarina IMCC

Description of Francisella salimarina IMCC 44360

Cells are Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, flagellated, and coccoid-shaped. Colonies are circular, flat, entire, translucent, and pale yellow-colored after incubation for 3 days on MA at 20℃. Negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease, esculin hydrolysis, gelatin hydrolysis, β -galactosidase, and cytochrome oxidase in API 20NE. D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate, and phenylacetic acid are not utilized as sole carbon sources. Strain IMCC44360 View Materials (= HNIBRBA6992) was isolated from a coastal seawater sample, Jinchon Beach in Jangbongdo Island , Ongjin-gun, Incheon, Korea .