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. 2012 Feb 4;27(1):54–60. doi: 10.1264/jsme2.ME11256

Table 1.

Characterization of ETY-M, ET-NAG, and other Haliea species

Characteristic Strains

ETY-M ETY-NAG 3X/A02/235 CM41_15a 7SM29T
Cell morphology Short Rods Short Rods Straight Rods Straight Rods Short Rods
Cell dimensions (μm) 0.4–0.45 × 1.2–1.3 0.75–1.0 × 0.5–0.6 0.3–0.7 × 1.3–1.9 0.5 × 2.7 0.4–0.5 × 1.1–1.3
Colony color (agar medium) Purple (5VM) Yellow (5VM) Cream (MA) Red (MA) Yellow (MA)
Growth of nutrient agar (MA) + + +
Flagella + + +
DNA G+C content (mol%) 65.2 58.8 61.4 64.8 62.1
Growth temperature range (°C) 20–37 20–30 10–37 15–44 15–40
 Optimum 30 30 25–30 30 28
Salinity range (g L−1) 13.2–52.7 26.4–52.7 7–70 7–42 3.5–150
 Optimum 13.2 26.4 40 35 unknown
Growth substrate
 Glucose +
 Maltose + (+)
 Sucrose +
 Arabinose
 Xylose N.A. N.A.
 Fructose (+)
 Mannose (+) (+)
 Cellobiose (+)
 Mannitol N.A.
 Citrate +
 Succinate +
 Gluconate N.A. N.A.
 Pyruvate + + + +
 Acetate + + +
 Glycerol (+) +
 Alanine + +
 Glutamate + (+) +
 Aspartate + + +
 Serine +
Gas hydrocarbon utilization of
 Methane N.A. N.A. N.A.
 Ethane N.A. N.A. N.A.
 Propane N.A. N.A. N.A.
 Ethylene + + N.A. N.A. N.A.
 Propylene N.A. N.A. N.A.
 Methanol N.A. N.A. N.A.
 Ethanol + + N.A. N.A. N.A.
 1-Propanol (+) N.A. N.A. N.A.
 2-propanol N.A N.A N.A

MA, marine agar 2216; +, positive; −, negative; (+), weakly positive; N.A., data not available.