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.

Biochemical characteristics of Salinicola halophilus

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Colony, morphological, physiological, and biochemical characteristics of Salinicola halophilus are shown in the Table below.[2]

Test type Test Characteristics
Colony characters Size Medium
Type Round
Color Yellowish
Shape Convex
Morphological characters Shape Rod
Physiological characters Motility +
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 +

Note: + = Positive, – =Negative, V =Variable (+/–)

References

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  1. ^ de la Haba, Rafael R.; Sánchez-Porro, Cristina; Márquez, M. Carmen; Ventosa, AntonioYR 2010 (2010). "Taxonomic study of the genus Salinicola: transfer of Halomonas salaria and Chromohalobacter salarius to the genus Salinicola as Salinicola salarius comb. nov. and Salinicola halophilus nom. nov., respectively". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 60 (4): 963–971. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.014480-0. ISSN 1466-5034. PMID 19661506.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b c Paul, Sulav Indra; Rahman, Md. Mahbubur; Salam, Mohammad Abdus; Khan, Md. Arifur Rahman; Islam, Md. Tofazzal (2021-12-15). "Identification of marine sponge-associated bacteria of the Saint Martin's island of the Bay of Bengal emphasizing on the prevention of motile Aeromonas septicemia in Labeo rohita". Aquaculture. 545: 737156. doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.737156. ISSN 0044-8486.