Corynebacterium doosanense

Kim, Mi-Sun, Lee, Ji-Hee, Kang, Joo-Won, Kim, Seung-Bum, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Joh, Ki-seong, Cha, Chang-Jun, Im, Wan-Taek, Bae, Jin-Woo, Jahng, Kwang-Yeop, Jeon, Che-Ok & Seong, Chi-Nam, 2016, A report of 38 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the phylum Actinobacteria, Journal of Species Research 5 (2), pp. 223-234 : 224

Description of Corynebacterium doosanense W2-3-5

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated, nonpigmented and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, convex and entire after 2 days of incubation on R2A at 25°C. Positive for nitrate reduction and oxidase in API 20NE but negative for esculin hydrolysis, urease, gelatinase, β -galactosidase, indole production, glucose fermentation and arginine dihydrolase. D-Glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, malic acid, trisodium citrate, capric acid, adipic acid and phenylacetic acid are not utilized. Strain W2-3-5 (= NIBRBA0000114209) has been isolated from mineral water, Daejeon, Korea.