Leifsonia poae BM

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 : 231

Description of Leifsonia poae BM 24

Cells are Gram-staining-positive and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, smooth, convex, glistening and yellow colored after 3 days on MA at 30°C. Negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease and gelatinase, but positive for esculin hydrolysis and β -galactosidase in API 20NE. DGlucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-maltose and N - acetyl-glucosamine are utilized. Does not utilize D-mannitol, potassium gluconate, malic acid, trisodium citrate, phenylacetic acid, capric acid and adipic acid. Strain BM24 (= NIBRBA0000114307) has been isolated from mud flat, Wando, Jeonnam Province, Korea.