Salinicola halophilus

Salinicola halophilus is a gram negative, oxidase and catalase positive, motile, salt tolerant marine bacteria.^[1]^[2] S.I. Paul et al. (2021)^[2] isolated, characterized and identified Salinicola halophilus from marine sponges (Plakortis dariae) of the Saint Martin's Island area of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh.

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Test type	Test	Characteristics
Colony characters	Size	Medium
	Type	Round
	Color	Yellowish
	Shape	Convex
Morphological characters	Shape	Rod
Physiological characters	Motility	+
Physiological characters	Growth at 6.5% NaCl	+
Biochemical characters	Gram's staining	–
	Oxidase	+
	Catalase	+
	Oxidative-Fermentative	Oxidative
	Motility	+
	Methyl Red	+
	Voges-Proskauer	–
	Indole	–
	H₂S Production	–
	Urease	–
	Nitrate reductase	–
	β-Galactosidase	+
Hydrolysis of	Gelatin	–
	Aesculin	+
	Casein	–
	Tween 40	–
	Tween 60	–
	Tween 80	–
Acid production from	Glycerol	–
	Galactose	+
	D-Glucose	+
	D-Fructose	+
	D-Mannose	+
	Mannitol	–
	N-Acetylglucosamine	+
	Amygdalin	+
	Maltose	V
	D-Melibiose	+
	D-Trehalose	+
	Glycogen	+
	D-Turanose	+

Salinicola halophilus

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