Bradyrhizobium japonicum (Kirchner, 1896) Jordan, 1982

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 Bradyrhizobium japonicum UKS-12

Cells are Gram­staining­negative, non­flagellated, pigmented, and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, raised, entire yellow colored after 2 days on R2A at 25°C. Positive for nitrate reduction while negative for glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease, esculin hydrolysis, gelatinase, indole production and β -galactosidase. Does not utilize D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid. Strain UKS-12 (= NIBRBA0000113887) has been isolated from a Marsh sample, Gochang-gun, Korea.