oceanobacillus kimchii oceanobacillus kimchii oceanobacillus kimchii is a bacterium, named after kimchi, where the first isolate was found. its cells are rod-shaped and the type strain is x50t (=jcm 16803t =kacc 14914t =dsm 23341t). oceanobacillus kimchii is also found in the marine sponges. oceanobacillus kimchii scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: bacillaceae genus: oceanobacillus species: o. kimchii binomial name oceanobacillus kimchiiwhon et al. 2011 characteristics of oceanobacillus kimchii s.i. paul et al. (2021) isolated and identified oceanobacillus kimchii (strains isp152a, isp172b, and ksp141c) from marine sponges of the saint martin's island area of the bay of bengal, bangladesh. colony, morphological, physiological, and biochemical characteristics of oceanobacillus kimchii are shown in the table below. test type test characteristics colony characters size small type round color creamy shape convex morphological characters shape rod physiological characters motility + growth at 6.5% nacl + biochemical characters gram's staining + oxidase + catalase + oxidative-fermentative fermentative 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 + d-melibiose + d-trehalose + glycogen + d-turanose + note: + = positive, – =negative