Facklamia hominis CAU 1618

Lee, Jae Kyeong, Baek, Ju Hye, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Cha, Chang-Jun, Kim, Wonyong, Kim, Myung Kyum & Jeon, Taegun Seo and Che Ok, 2023, A report of 21 unrecorded bacterial species belonging to the phyla Bacillota and Verrucomicrobiota in Korea, Journal of Species Research 12, pp. 15-22 : 22

Description of Facklamia hominis CAU 1618

Cells are Gram-staining-positive coccoid without a flagellum. Colonies are punctiform, entire, convex, smooth, opaque, and cream-colored after 3-5 days of incubation at 37℃ on BHI agar. Positive for esculin hydrolysis and β-galactosidase activity. Negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, and arginine dihydrolase, urease, and gelatinase activities. Does not utilize D- glucose, L- arabinose, D- mannose, D- mannitol, N- acetylglucosamine, D- maltose, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate, and phenylacetic acid. Strain CAU 1618 (= NIBRBAC000508841) was isolated from healthy human urine collected from Chung-Ang University , Korea (37°30′20.0″N 126°57′32.1″E) .