Salinicola halophilus is a gram negative, oxidase and catalase positive, motile, salt tolerant marine bacteria.[1] [2] S.I. Paul et al. (2021) isolated, characterized and identified Salinicola halophilus from marine sponges (Plakortis dariae) of the Saint Martin's Island area of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh.
Colony, morphological, physiological, and biochemical characteristics of Salinicola halophilus are shown in the Table below.
| 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 | +|-| rowspan="6" |Hydrolysis of|Gelatin|–|-|Aesculin|+|-|Casein|–|-|Tween 40|–|-|Tween 60|–|-|Tween 80|–|-| rowspan="13" |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 (+/–)References] |