Terrabacter koreensis MS

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 koreensis MS 4Y-2-4

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and rod shaped. Colonies are glossy, entire, smooth and pale yellow colored after 3 days on MA at 30° C. Positive for nitrate reduction, esculin hydrolysis and β -galactosidase in API 20NE, but negative for glucose fermentation, urease, indole production, arginine dihydrolase and gelatinase. Positive for utilization of D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, malic acid, trisodium citrate and adipic acid, but negative for capric acid and phenylacetic acid. Strain MS 4Y-2-4 (= NIBRBA0000114281 ) has been isolated from Ginseng cultivated soil, Anseong, Gyeonggi Province, Korea .