Description of Agromyces mangrovi CAU 1605

Cells are aerobic, Gram­staining­positive, non­flagellated and short rod shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, smooth, shiny, opaque and yellow colored after incubation for 2-3 days on marine agar at 30℃. In the API 20NE system, positive reaction for esculin hydrolysis and β-galactosidase activity. In the API 20NE system, negative reaction for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease activity, gelatin hydrolysis and utilization of D-glucose, L-arabinose, D­mannose, D­mannitol, N ­acetyl­glucosamine, D­maltose, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid. Strain CAU 1605 (= NIBRBAC000503252) was isolated from tidal flat sediment in Incheon, Korea (37°32′41.0″N 126°25′ 53.9″E).