Brachybacterium rhamnosum

Lee, Na-Young, Cha, Chang-Jun, Im, Wan-Taek, Kim, Seung-Bum, Seong, Chi-Nam, Bae, Jin-Woo, Jahng, Kwang Yeop, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Joh, Kiseong, Jeon, Che Ok & Lee, Hana Yi and Soon Dong, 2018, A report of 42 unrecorded actinobacterial species in Korea, Journal of Species Research 7 (1), pp. 36-49 : 43

Description of Brachybacterium rhamnosum 6228

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and coccus-shaped. Colonies are circular, entire, smooth, raised and pale-yellow-colored after 2 days on R2A at 30°C. Positive for glucose fermentation, esculin hydrolysis, gelatinase and β-galactosidase in API 20NE but negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, arginine dihydrolase and urease. D-Glucose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, D-maltose, gluconate are utilized. Does not utilize L-arabinose, N-acetyl-glucosamine, caprate, adipate, malate, citrate and phenylacetate. Strain 6228 (= NIBRBAC000498570) has been isolated from sediment, Han River, Korea.