Description

Cells are gram-staining-positive, flagellated, and cocci-shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, entire margins, and yellow colored after 3 days of incubation at 30 ° C on MA. Positive for esculin hydrolysis, gelatinase, and β - galactosidase activity. Negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, argentine dihydrolase, and urease activities. Does not utilize D-mannose, N-acetyl-glucosamine, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate, and phenylacetic acid. Strain CAU 1293 (= NIBR BAC 000498500) was isolated from a sea sand sample, Jeju, Korea.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Bacteria

Phylum: Planctomycetota

Class: Planctomycetia

Order: Pirellulales

Family: Pirellulaceae

Genus: Blastopirellula

Species: Blastopirellula cremea Lee et al., 2013