Salinicola halophilus

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

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 (+/–)