Mycobacterium hodleri WS

Ko, Kwan Su, Cha, Chang-Jun, Im, Wan-Taek, Kim, Seung-Bum, Seong, Chi-Nam, Bae, Jin-Woo, Jahng, Kwangyeop, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Joh, Ki-seong & Lee, Soon Dong, 2017, A report of 34 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the Actinobacteria, Journal of Species Research 6 (1), pp. 1-14 : 9

Description of Mycobacterium hodleri WS 80

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated, non-pigmented and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, smooth and orange-colored after 3 days on R2A at 25°C. Negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease, esculin hydrolysis, gelatinase and β­galactosidase in API 20NE. Gluconate is utilized. Does not utilize D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, N-acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, caprate, adipate, malate, citrate and phenylacetate. Strain WS80 (= NIBRBA0000115031) has been isolated from freshwater, Changnyeon, Korea.