| Kocuria marina |
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Phylum Actinomycetota, Class Actinomycetes, Order Micrococcales, Family Micrococcaceae, Genus Kocuria, Kocuria marina Kim et
al. 2004.
Species description is based on a single isolate.
al. 2004.
Species description is based on a single isolate.
Gram-positive cocci. Nonmotile. Nonencapsulated. Endospores are not formed.
Colonies are orange-pigmented. Grows between 4 and 43 ºC temperature. NaCl is
not required for growth but can grow in up to 15% NaCl. Aerobic.
not required for growth but can grow in up to 15% NaCl. Aerobic.
Isolated from a marine sediment taken from the Troitsa Bay of the Gulf of Peter the Great, East Siberian Sea.
Susceptible to ampicillin, benzylpenicillin, carbenicillin, gentamicin, lincomycin, neomycin, oleandomycin, streptomycin and tetracycline.
Resistant to kanamycin and polymixin B.
Susceptible to ampicillin, benzylpenicillin, carbenicillin, gentamicin, lincomycin, neomycin, oleandomycin, streptomycin and tetracycline.
Resistant to kanamycin and polymixin B.
Undetermined.
- Hans-Jurgen Busse, 2012. Family I. Micrococcaceae Pribham 1929, 361 AL emend. Stackebrandt, Rainey and Ward-Rainey 1997,
479 in: Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, Volume Five The Actinobacteria, Part A, Springer, 571-666. - Kim S.B., Nedashkovskaya O.I., Mikhailov V.V., Han S.K., Kim K.O., Rhee M.S. and Bae K.S.: Kocuria marina sp. nov., a novel
actinobacterium isolated from marine sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 1617-1620. - Yun J.H., Roh S.W., Jung M.J., Kim M.S., Park E.J., Shin K.S., Nam Y.D. and Bae J.W.: Kocuria salsicia sp. nov., isolated from salt-
fermented seafood. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 286-289.
Positive results for catalase, casein hydrolysis, gelatin hydrolysis, beta-galactosidase, nitrate reduction, Tween 40 hydrolysis, urease
acid production from L-fucose.
Can utilize as sole carbon source glucose, lactose, mannose and sucrose.
Negative results for alkaline phosphatase, arginine dihydrolase, agar hydrolysis, alginate hydrolysis, cellulose hydrolysis, DNase,
beta-glucosidase (esculin hydrolysis), H2S production, indole production, lysine decarboxylase, ornithine decarboxylase, oxidase,
starch hydrolysis, Tween 20 and 80 hydrolysis, Voges-Proskauer reaction, acid production from acetic acid, N-acetylglucosamine,
adonitol, L-arabinose, cellobiose, dulcitol, fumaric acid, galactose, glucose, glycerol, meso-inositol, lactose, malic acid, maltose,
mannitol, melibiose, raffinose, rhamnose, sorbitol, sorbose, sucrose and L-xylose.
No utilization of adonitol, L-arabinose, meso-inositol, mannitol, sorbitol, citric acid or malonic acid.
acid production from L-fucose.
Can utilize as sole carbon source glucose, lactose, mannose and sucrose.
Negative results for alkaline phosphatase, arginine dihydrolase, agar hydrolysis, alginate hydrolysis, cellulose hydrolysis, DNase,
beta-glucosidase (esculin hydrolysis), H2S production, indole production, lysine decarboxylase, ornithine decarboxylase, oxidase,
starch hydrolysis, Tween 20 and 80 hydrolysis, Voges-Proskauer reaction, acid production from acetic acid, N-acetylglucosamine,
adonitol, L-arabinose, cellobiose, dulcitol, fumaric acid, galactose, glucose, glycerol, meso-inositol, lactose, malic acid, maltose,
mannitol, melibiose, raffinose, rhamnose, sorbitol, sorbose, sucrose and L-xylose.
No utilization of adonitol, L-arabinose, meso-inositol, mannitol, sorbitol, citric acid or malonic acid.
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