Paracoccus rhizosphaerae
- Dataset
- A report of 35 unrecorded bacterial species belonging to the classes Alphaproteobacteria and Betaproteobacteria in Korea
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Bacteria
- phylum
- Proteobacteria
- class
- Alphaproteobacteria
- order
- Rhodobacterales
- family
- Rhodobacteraceae
- genus
- Paracoccus
- species
- Paracoccus rhizosphaerae
description
Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, and coccus shaped. Colonies are circular, smooth, convex, 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, and arginine dihydrolase, urease, and gelatinase activities. D- Glucose, L- arabinose, D- mannitol, D- maltose, potassium gluconate and malic acid are utilized. Does not utilize D- mannose, N - acetylglucosamine, capric acid, adipic acid, trisodium citrate, and phenylacetic acid. Strain KYW 1736 (= NIBRBAC 00050 3286) was isolated from a sea water sample, Gwangyang, Korea.
Name
- Homonyms
- Paracoccus rhizosphaerae