Enterococcus gallinarum VM

Kang, Heeyoung, Kim, Haneul, Bae, Jin-Woo, Lee, Soon Dong, Kim, Wonyong, Kim, Myung Kyum, Cha, Chang-Jun, Yi, Hana, Im, Wan-Taek, Kim, Seung Bum & Joh, Chi Nam Seong and Kiseong, 2019, A report of 38 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea within the classes Bacilli and Deinococci isolated from various sources, Journal of Species Research 8 (2), pp. 176-190 : 186

Description of Enterococcus gallinarum VM 3406

Cells are Gram-stain-positive and coccus-shaped. Colonies are circular, flat, entire, and white colored after incubation for two days on TSA at 37℃. Oxidase activity is negative. Aesculin is hydrolyzed. Enzyme activity for arginine dihydrolase and β -galactosidase is positive. Enzyme activity for urease and gelatinase is negative. D-Mannose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, and potassium gluconate are assimilated. D-Glucose, L-arabinose, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid trisodium citrate, and phenylacetic acid are not assimilated. Nitrate is not reduced to nitrite. Indole is not produced. Glucose is fermented. Strain VM 3406 (= NIBRBAC000501190) was isolated from an intestinal sample of an animal ( Vultur gryphus ), Gwacheon, Republic of Korea (37°25 ʹ 39.7 ʺ N 127°01 ʹ 01.2 ʺ E) .