Palleronia rufa IMCC

Description of Palleronia rufa IMCC 43693

Cells are Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, non-flagellated, and coccoid-shaped. Colonies are circular, flat, entire, and caramel-colored after incubation for 3 days on MA at 25℃. Positive for urease, esculin hydrolysis, β -galactosidase, and cytochrome oxidase; but negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, and gelatin hydrolysis 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 IMCC 43693 View Materials (= HNIBRBA6983) was isolated from a coastal seawater sample, Bangahmeori Beach in Daebudo Island , Ongjin-gun, Incheon, Korea .