Description

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, flagellated, and short rod shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, shiny, opaque, and cream colored after 2 - 3 days of incubation at 30 ℃ on MA. Positive for nitrate reduction, esculin hydrolysis, and gelatinase and urease activities. Negative for indole production, glucose fermentation, and arginine dihydrolase and β - galactosidase activities. D- Glucose and L- arabinose are utilized. Does not utilize D- mannose, D- mannitol, N - acetylglucosamine, D- maltose, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate, and phenylacetic acid. Strain CAU 1595 (= NIBRBAC 00050 3245) was isolated from a sand sample, Incheon, Korea.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Bacteria

Phylum: Proteobacteria

Class: Alphaproteobacteria

Order: Caulobacterales

Family: Maricaulaceae

Genus: Euryhalocaulis

Species: Euryhalocaulis caribicus Deng, Zhang, Xie, Zhao & Fu, 2013