Description of Microbacterium arborescens HMF 4427

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and rod shaped. Colonies are circular, entire, convex and yellow colored after 3 days on MA at 30°C. Positive for esculin hydrolysis, β -galactosidase, gelatinase and glucose fermentation in API 20NE, but negative for arginine dihydrolase, indole production, nitrate reduction and urease. N -Acetyl-glucosamine, L-arabinose, D-glucose, malic acid, D-maltose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, potassium gluconate and trisodium citrate are utilized. Does not utilize adipic acid, capric acid and phenylacetic acid. Strain HMF4427 (= NIBRBAC000497916) has been isolated from Korean fermented food (jeotgal), Jeonbuk Province, Korea.