Description of Cellulosimicrobium funkei KHC 19

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, flagellated and coccibacillus shaped. Colonies are circular and yellow colored after 3 days on R2 A at 25° C. Negative for arginine dihydrolase, gelatinase, glucose fermentation, indole production and urease in API 20NE, but positive for esculin hydrolysis, β -galactosidase and nitrate reduction. Does not utilize N -acetyl-glucosamine, adipic acid, capric acid, malic acid, D-mannitol, phenylacetic acid and trisodium citrate, but utilize L-arabinose, D-glucose, D-mannose, D-maltose and potassium gluconate. Strain KHC19 (= NIBRBAC000497851) has been isolated from Gut of Japanese crested ibis ( Nipponia nippon), Gyeonggi Province, Korea .