Marinobacterium maritimum explained

Marinobacterium maritimum is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, aerobic and motile bacterium from the genus of Marinobacterium which has been isolated from sediments from the Arctic.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] S.I. Paul et al. (2021) isolated, characterized and identified Marinobacterium maritimum from marine sponges of the Saint Martin's Island Area of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh.

Biochemical characteristics of Marinobacterium maritimum

Colony, morphological, physiological, and biochemical characteristics of Marinobacterium maritimum are shown in the Table below.

Test type	Test	Characteristics
Colony characters	Size	Pin headed/Small
	Type	Round
	Color	Opaque
	Shape	Convex
Morphological characters	Shape	Rod
Physiological characters	Motility	+\|-\|Growth at 6.5% NaCl\|+
Physiological characters	Biochemical characters	Gram's staining	–
Oxidase		+\|-\|Catalase\|–\|-\|Oxidative-Fermentative\|Oxidative\|-\|Motility\|+
Methyl Red		–
Voges-Proskauer		+\|-\|Indole\|–\|-\|H₂S Production\|–\|-\|Urease\|–\|-\|Nitrate reductase\|–\|-\|β-Galactosidase\|V\|-\| rowspan="6" \|Hydrolysis of\|Gelatin\|V\|-\|Aesculin\|+
Casein		+\|-\|Tween 40\|V\|-\|Tween 60\|V\|-\|Tween 80\|V\|-\| rowspan="13" \|Acid production from\|Glycerol\|+
Galactose		+\|-\|D-Glucose\|V\|-\|D-Fructose\|+\|-\|D-Mannose\|+\|-\|Mannitol\|+
N-Acetylglucosamine		V
Amygdalin		+\|-\|Maltose\|+\|-\|D-Melibiose\|+\|-\|D-Trehalose\|+\|-\|Glycogen\|+
D-Turanose		V

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

External links

Type strain of Marinobacterium maritimum at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

Parker. Charles Thomas. Taylor. Dorothea. Garrity. George M. Charles Thomas. Parker. George M. Garrity. Nomenclature Abstract for Marinobacterium maritimum Kim et al. 2009.. The NamesforLife Abstracts. 2009. 10.1601/nm.14921. en.
Kim. SJ. Park. SJ. Yoon. DN. Park. BJ. Choi. BR. Lee. DH. Roh. Y. Rhee. SK. Marinobacterium maritimum sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from Arctic sediment.. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. December 2009. 59. Pt 12. 3030–4. 10.1099/ijs.0.009134-0. 19643903.
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. en. 545. 737156. 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.737156. 0044-8486. Paul . Sulav Indra . Rahman . Md. Mahbubur . Salam . Mohammad Abdus . Khan . Md. Arifur Rahman . Islam . Md. Tofazzal . 2021Aquac.54537156P .