Mycobacterium obuense

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 : 229

Description of Mycobacterium obuense W2-2-3

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and rod-shaped. Colonies are round, convex and yellow colored after 2 days on R2A at 25°C. Negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, gelatinase, esculin hydrolysis and β - galactosidase but positive for urease. L-arabinose, Dmannitol, potassium gluconate and D-maltose are utilized. Does not utilize D-glucose, D-mannose, capric acid, adipic acid and N -acetyl-glucosamine. Strain W2- 2-3 (= NIBRBA0000114211) has been isolated from mineral water, Daejeon, Korea.