Salinicola salarius
Salinicola salarius is a Gram-negative, moderately halophilic, piezophilic bacterium that requires pressures of 102 MPa to grow. The species was first isolated from a salt water sample from Anmyeondo, Korea and was formally described in 2007.
S salarius cells are aerobic, Gram-negative, non-spore-forming rods that form yellow, smooth, translucent, circular colonies with entire edges. The oxidase- and catalase-positive cells are motile and possess lateral/polar flagella. Growth occurs at 10–45 °C and at pH 5–10. The strain is able to grow at salinities between 0 and 25% NaCl.
S.I. Paul et al. isolated and identified salt tolerant Salinicola salarius from marine sponges '' of the Saint Martin's Island Area of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh.
Biochemical characteristics of ''Salinicola salarius''
Colony, morphological, physiological, and biochemical characteristics of Salinicola salarius are shown in the Table below.| Test type | Test | Characteristics |
| Colony characters | Size | Medium |
| Colony characters | Type | Round |
| Colony characters | Color | Yellowish |
| Colony characters | Shape | Convex |
| Morphological characters | Shape | Rod |
| Physiological characters | Motility | |
| Physiological characters | Growth at 6.5% NaCl | |
| Biochemical characters | Gram's staining | – |
| Biochemical characters | Oxidase | |
| Biochemical characters | Catalase | |
| Biochemical characters | Oxidative-Fermentative | Oxidative |
| Biochemical characters | Motility | |
| Biochemical characters | Methyl Red | |
| Biochemical characters | Voges-Proskauer | – |
| Biochemical characters | Indole | – |
| Biochemical characters | H2S Production | – |
| Biochemical characters | Urease | – |
| Biochemical characters | Nitrate reductase | – |
| Biochemical characters | β-Galactosidase | |
| Hydrolysis of | Gelatin | – |
| Hydrolysis of | Aesculin | |
| Hydrolysis of | Casein | – |
| Hydrolysis of | Tween 40 | – |
| Hydrolysis of | Tween 60 | – |
| Hydrolysis of | Tween 80 | – |
| Acid production from | Glycerol | – |
| Acid production from | Galactose | |
| Acid production from | D-Glucose | |
| Acid production from | D-Fructose | |
| Acid production from | D-Mannose | |
| Acid production from | Mannitol | – |
| Acid production from | N-Acetylglucosamine | |
| Acid production from | Amygdalin | |
| Acid production from | Maltose | V |
| Acid production from | D-Melibiose | |
| Acid production from | D-Trehalose | |
| Acid production from | Glycogen | |
| Acid production from | D-Turanose |
Note: + = Positive, – =Negative, V =Variable