Kocuria marina

Kocuria marina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Micrococcales
Family: Micrococcaceae
Genus: Kocuria
Species:
K. marina
Binomial name
Kocuria marina
Kim et al. 2004[1]
Type strain
CCUG 51442; DSM 16420; JCM 13363; KCTC 9943; KMM 3905 [2]

Kocuria marina is an aerobic, non-motile species of bacteria in the Gram-positive genus Kocuria, named for its identification from a sediment sample from the Sea of Japan.[1] Compared to other members of the Kocuria genus, this species is uniquely capable of growing at osmotic pressures as high as 15% NaCl.[1]

K. marina has the enzymes catalase, β-galactosidase, and urease, but it lacks arginine dihydrolase, lysine and ornithine decarboxylase, oxidase, and alkaline phosphatase. This species reduces nitrate, but it does not release hydrogen sulfide gas. It does not produce indole or acetoin, with the latter characteristic representing a negative Voges-Proskauer test result. It hydrolyzes casein and gelatin, but it cannot hydrolyze agar, cellulose, DNA, or starch. This species has a G/C content of 60%.[1]

The antibiotics ampicillin, benzylpenicillin, carbenicillin, gentamicin, lincomycin, neomycin, oleandomycin, streptomycin, and tetracycline inhibit this species' growth.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Kim, Seung Bum; Nedashkovskaya, Olga I.; Mikhailov, Valery V.; Han, Suk Kyun; Kim, Kyoung-Ok; Rhee, Moon-Soo; Bae, Kyung SookYR 2004. "Kocuria marina sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from marine sediment". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 54 (5): 1617–1620. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02742-0. ISSN 1466-5034.
  2. ↑ "Species: Kocuria marina". LPSN. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
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