Streptomyces prunicolor MEC

Kim, Mi-Sun, Lee, Ji-Hee, Kim, Seung-Bum, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Lee, Soon Dong, Joh, Ki-seong, Cha, Chang-Jun, Im, Wan-Taek, Bae, Jin-Woo, Jahng, Kwangyeop & Seong, Hana Yi and Chi-Nam, 2017, Unrecorded bacterial species belonging to the phylum Actinobacteria originated from Republic of Korea, Journal of Species Research 6 (1), pp. 25-41 : 40

Description of Streptomyces prunicolor MEC 3Y-3-1

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, entire, dry, raised and orange colored after 3 days on MA at 30°C. Positive for esculin hydrolysis and β -galactosidase in API 20NE, but negative for arginine dihydrolase, gelatinase, glucose fermentation, indole production, nitrate reduction and urease. Utilize N -acetyl-glucosamine, adipic acid, L-arabinose, D-glucose, malic acid, D-maltose, D-mannitol, D-mannose and potassium gluconate, but not utilize capric acid, phenylacetic acid and trisodium citrate. Strain MEC3Y-3-1 (= NIBRBA0000114268) has been isolated from Ginseng cultivated soil, Anseong, Gyeonggi Province, Korea.