Rhodococcus cerastii, Kämpfer et al., 2013

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 : 37

Description of Rhodococcus cerastii G1

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated, non-pigmented and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, convex and yellow colored after 2 days on R2 A at 30° C. Positive for β -galactosidase and urease in API 20NE, but negative for arginine dihydrolase, esculin hydrolysis, gelatinase, glucose fermentation, indole production and nitrate reduction. Utilize N -acetyl-glucosamine, adipic acid, L-arabinose, D-glucose, malic acid, D-maltose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, phenylacetic acid, potassium gluconate and trisodium citrate, but not utilize capric acid. Strain G 1 (= NIBRBAC000498066) has been isolated from a tidal flat sample, Incheon, Korea.