Paracoccus halotolerans Kyw, 1791
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Bacteria
- phylum
- Proteobacteria
- class
- Alphaproteobacteria
- order
- Rhodobacterales
- family
- Rhodobacteraceae
- genus
- Paracoccus
- species
- Paracoccus halotolerans
description
Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, and coccus shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, smooth, opaque, and pale orange colored after 3 days of incubation at 25 ℃ on MA. Positive for nitrate reduction, esculin hydrolysis, and β - galactosidase activity. Negative for indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, and urease and gelatinase activities. D- Glucose, D- mannose, D- mannitol, D- maltose, potassium gluconate, malic acid, trisodium citrate are utilized. Does not utilize L- arabinose, N - acetylglucosamine, capric acid, adipic acid, and phenylacetic acid. Strain KYW 1791 (= NIBRBAC 000503285) was isolated from a sea water sample, Gwangyang, Korea.
Name
- Homonyms
- Paracoccus halotolerans Kyw, 1791