Mycobacterium flavescens WM

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 : 226

Description of Mycobacterium flavescens WM 81

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and rod shaped. Colonies are entire, convex, opaque and yellow colored after 7 days on R2A at 25°C. In API 20NE gallery, negative for urease, esculin hydrolysis, glucose fermentation and β -galactosidase, nitrate reduction, indole production, arginine dihydrolase and gelatinase. Does not utilize L-arabinose, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid but utilize D-glucose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose and potassium gluconate. Strain WM81 (= NIBRBA0000114428) has been isolated from freshwater, Woopo wetland, Gyeongnam Province, Korea.