Description of Sphingomicrobium marinum HMF 6507

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, non-pigmented, and rod or oval-shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, entire, and yellow-colored after 3 days of incubation on MA at 25°C. Positive for esculin hydrolysis and cytochrome oxidase, but negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease, gelatinase, and β -galactosidase in the API 20NE test. D-Glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N -acetylglucosamine, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate, and phenylacetic acid are not utilized. Strain HMF6507 (= NIBRBAC000498451) was isolated from a sand sample collected at Boseong, Jeollanam, Korea.