Sphingopyxis chilensis NUG

Liu, Qingmei, Kim, Seung-Bum, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Joh, Ki-seong, Cha, Chang-Jun, Chun, Jong-sik, Seong, Chi-Nam, Bae, Jin-Woo, Jahng, Kwang-Yeop, Jeon, Che-Ok & Im, Wan-Taek, 2015, A report of 29 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the Alphaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 4 (2), pp. 97-108 : 105

Description of Sphingopyxis chilensis NUG 4-1

Cells are Gram­staining­negative, flagellated, and rod­shaped. Colonies are circular, entire smooth, and yellow colored after 2 days on NA at 30°C. Positive for esculin hydrolysis and β -galactosidase in API 20NE, but negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, gelatinase, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase and urease. Does not utilize capric acid, but utilize D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid. Strain NUG4-1 (= NIBRBA0000113935) has been isolated from a Marsh sample, Taean, Korea.