Corynebacterium freneyi HKS

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 : 36

Description of Corynebacterium freneyi HKS 28

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated, non-pigmented and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, round, entire and yellow colored after 2 days on R 2A at 30°C. Positive for esculin hydrolysis, glucose fermentation and urease in API 20NE, but negative for arginine dihydrolase, β -galactosidase, gelatin hydrolysis, Indole production and nitrate reduction. Does not utilize N -acetyl-glucosamine, adipic acid, L-arabinose, capric acid, malic acid, D-mannitol, phenylacetic acid and trisodium citrate, but utilize D-glucose, D-maltose, D-mannose and potassium gluconate. Strain HKS 28 (= NIBRBAC000498118) has been isolated from Ginseng cultivated soil, Anseong, Gyeonggi Province, Korea.