Description of Zhihengliuella flava LPB 0101

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular and yellow colored after 2 days on R 2A at 26°C. Positive for esculin hydrolysis, β -galactosidase and nitrate production in API 20NE, but negative for arginine dihydrolase, gelatinase, glucose fermentation, indole production and urease. Does not utilize N -acetyl-glucosamine, L-arabinose, adipic acid and capric acid, but utilize D-glucose, malic acid, D-maltose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, phenylacetic acid, potassium gluconate and trisodium citrate. Strain LPB 0101 (= NIBRBAC000497981) has been isolated from a sea water sample, Busan, Korea.