Salinicola halophilus
Salinicola halophilus is a gram negative, oxidase and catalase positive, motile, salt tolerant marine bacteria. S.I. Paul et al. isolated, characterized and identified Salinicola halophilus from marine sponges '' of the Saint Martin's Island area of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh.
Biochemical characteristics of ''Salinicola halophilus''
Colony, morphological, physiological, and biochemical characteristics of Salinicola halophilus 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