Sphingomonas desiccabilis, Reddy & Garcia-Pichel, 2007

Maeng, Soohyun, Kim, Ju-Young, Jang, Jun Hwee & Kim, Myung-Suk Kang and Myung Kyum, 2018, A report of 11 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea isolated in 2017, Journal of Species Research 7 (2), pp. 135-150 : 147-148

Description of Sphingomonas desiccabilis 16B01D

Cells are Gram-stain-negative and short rod-shaped. Colonies are yellow-colored after 3 days of incubation on R2A at 25°C. In the BIOLOG GEN III, dextrin, D-maltose, D-trehalose, D-cellobiose, gentiobiose, sucrose, D-turanose, D-raffinose, α -D-lactose, D-melibiose, β - methyl-D-glucoside, D-salicin, D-mannose, D-galactose, D-galacturonic acid, and D-glucuronic acid were utilized as a sole carbon source. But acetoacetic acid, N -acetyl-D-mannosamine, L-alanine, L-arginine, L-aspartic acid, D-fructose, D-fructose 6-PO 4, L-galactonic acid lactone, gelatin, D-gluconic acid, α -D-glucose, glucuronamide, L-glutamic acid, inosine, α -keto-glutaric acid, L-malic acid, D-mannitol, 3-methyl glucose, myo-inositol, pectin, propionic acid, glycyl-L-proline, L-pyroglutamic acid, quinic acid, L-rhamnose, L-serine, stachyose, acetic acid, N -acetyl-D-galactosamine, N -acetyl-neuraminic acid, N -acetyl-D-glucosamine, γ -amino-butryric acid, D-arabitol, D-aspartic acid, bromo-succinic acid, citric acid, formic acid, D-fucose, L-fucose, D-glucose-6-PO 4, glycerol, L-histidine, α -hydroxybutyric acid, β -hydroxy-D, L-butyric acid, p -hydroxy-phenylacetic acid, α -keto-butyric acid, L-lactic acid, D-lactic acid methyl ester, D-malic acid, methyl pyruvate, mucic acid, D-saccharic acid, D-serine, D-sorbitol, and tween 40 were not utilized. In sensitivity tests, the tetrazolium redox dye is reduced at pH 6 but not at pH 5; the dye is reduced in the presence of pH 6, 1% NaCl, 1% sodium lactate, rifamycin SV, tetrazolium blue; but not in the presence of sodium lactate, 4% NaCl, 8% NaCl, guanidine HCl, lithium chloride, potassium tellurite, D-serine, sodium butyrate, tetrazolium violet aztreonam, fusidic acid, lincomycin, minocycline, nalidixic acid, niaproof 4, pH 5, sodium bromate, troleandomycin, and vancomycin.

In API 20NE system, positive for of arginine dihydrolase, urease, esculin hydrolysis, β -galactosidase, D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, N -acetyl-D-glucosamine, and D-maltose. Weak positive for D-mannitol, potassium gluconate, adipic acid, malic acid, and trisodium citrate. Negative for the reduction of nitrates (NO 3) to nitrite (NO 2 -), reduction of nitrates (NO 3) to nitrogen (N 2), indole production on tryptophan, glucose fermentation, gelatin hydrolysis, capric acid, and phenylacetic acid.

In API 32GN system, positive for N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-saccharose (sucrose), D-maltose, suberic acid, sodium malonate, sodium acetate, lactic acid, L-alanine, potassium 5-ketogluconate, glycogen, 3-hydroxybenzoic acid, L-serine, D-glucose, salicin, D-melibiose, D-sorbitol, L-arabinose, valeric acid, trisodium citrate, L-histidine, potassium 2-ketogluconate, 3-hydroxybutyric acid, 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, and L-proline. Negative for L-rhamnose, D-ribose, inositol, itaconic acid, D-mannitol, D-fucose, propionic acid, and capric acid. Strain 16B01D (= NIBRBAC000500522) was isolated from a soil sample.