Terrabacter tumescens WW

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 : 230

Description of Terrabacter tumescens WW 45

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and rod shaped. Colonies are glossy, entire, smooth and pale yellow colored after 5 days on R2A at 25°C. Positive for nitrate reduction, esculin hydrolysis, gelatinase and β - galactosidase in API 20NE, but negative for indole production, glucose fermentation, urease and arginine dihydrolase. Utilizes L-arabinose and potassium gluconate, but not capric acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate, D-glucose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, adipic acid and phenylacetic acid. Strain WW45 (= NIBRBA0000114437) has been isolated from a freshwater sample, Woopo wetland, Gyeongnam Province, Korea.