Lysinibacillus fusiformis

Han, Ji-Hye, Joung, Yochan, Kim, Tae-Su, Bae, Jin-Woo, Cha, Chang-Jun, Chun, Jongsik, Im, Wan-Taek, Jahng, Kwang Yeop, Jeon, Che Ok, Joh, Kiseong, Seong, Chi Nam, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Cho, Jang-Cheon & Kim, Seung Bum, 2015, Report on 24 unrecorded bacterial species of Korea belonging to the phylum Firmicutes, Journal of Species Research 4 (2), pp. 127-136 : 132

Description of Lysinibacillus fusiformis WR-M2W

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated, nonpigmented, and rod­shaped. Colonies are irregular, smooth, glistening and pale­yellow colored after 3 days of incubation on MA at 25°C. Negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease, esculin hydrolysis, gelatinase, and β ­galactosidase in API 20NE. Capric acid, malic acid, phenylacetic acid are utilized. Strain WR­M2W (= NIBRBA 0000113998) was isolated from soil, Wando, Korea.