Description of Mycobacterium hodleri HKS 22

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and rod shaped. Colonies are entire, circular, round and saffron yellow colored after 2 days on R 2A at 30°C. Positive for arginine dihydrolase, esculin hydrolysis, glucose fermentation and urease in API 20NE, but negative for β -galactosidase, gelatinase, indole production and nitrate reduction. Utilize L-arabinose, D-glucose, malic acid, D-maltose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, potassium gluconate and trisodium citrate, but not utilize N -acetyl-glucosamine, adipic acid, capric acid and phenylacetic acid. Strain HKS 22 (= NIBRBAC000498114) has been isolated from Ginseng cultivated soil, Anseong, Gyeonggi Province, Korea.