Description of Janibacter indicus KYW1206

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated, non-pigmented and coccoid-shaped. Colonies are circular, convex and light yellow-colored after 4 days on MA at 25°C. Negative for arginine dihydrolase, esculin hydrolysis, β -galactosidase, glucose fermentation, indole production, nitrate reduction and urease, but positive for gelatinase in API 20NE. D-Glucose, malic acid and potassium gluconate are utilized. Does not utilize N -acetyl-glucosamine, adipic acid, L-arabinose, capric acid, Dmaltose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, phenylacetic acid and trisodium citrate. Strain KYW1206 (= NIBRBAC 000497943) has been isolated from a sea water sample, Gwangyang Bay, Gwangyang, Jeonnam province, Korea.