Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris Kef

Kim, Eunji, Choi, Sungmi, Bae, Jin-Woo, Cha, Chang-Jun, Im, Wan-Taek, Jahng, Kwang-Yeop, Joh, Ki-seong & Yi, Hana, 2016, A report of 10 unrecorded bacterial species of Korea, belonging to the phylum Firmicutes, Journal of Species Research 5 (2), pp. 235-240 : 237

Description of Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris Kef 2

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated, and cocci-shaped. Colonies are circular with entire margin, raised, and white colored after 2 days on MRS agar at 25°C. Positive for arginine dihydrolase, esculin hydrolysis, and β -galactosidase. Negative for oxidase, nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, urease, or gelatin hydrolysis. Does not use D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, Dmaltose, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate, or phenylacetic acid as a carbon source. Strain Kef2 (= NIBRBA0000114817) was isolated from a Kimchi, Daejeon, Korea.