Description of Kocuria oceani KYW1377

Cells are Gram-stain-positive, non-flagellated, non-pigmented, and coccoid shaped. Colonies are entire, circular, smooth, convex, and pale-orange colored after 3 days of incubation on MA at 25°C. Nitrate is not reduced and esculin is hydrolyzed. The strain shows positive reaction for enzyme activity of β -galactosidase, whereas the strain shows negative reactions for enzyme activities of arginine dihydrolase, gelatinase, urease, and oxidase. Indole is produced and glucose is not fermented. The strain utilizes D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannitol, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, adipic acid, and malic acid, whereas the strain does not utilize D-mannose, N -acetyl-glucosamine, capric acid, phenylacetic acid, and trisodium citrate. Strain KYW1377 (= NIBRBAC000501131) was isolated from seawater, Gwangyang, Jeollanam Province, Korea.