Nesterenkonia lacusekhoensis UT

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 : 35

Description of Nesterenkonia lacusekhoensis UT 4-03

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and rod-shaped. Colonies are punctiform, flat, entire and white colored on TSA medium at 30° C. Positive for nitrate reduction and urease in API 20NE, but negative for arginine dihydrolase, esculin hydrolysis, β -galactosidase, gelatin hydrolysis, glucose fermentation and Indole production. Does not utilize N -acetyl-glucosamine, adipic acid, L-arabinose, capric acid, D-glucose, malic acid, D-maltose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, phenylacetic acid, potassium gluconate and trisodium citrate. Strain UT 4-03 (= NIBRBAC000498084) has been isolated from a plant root, Daejeon, Korea.