Isoptericola nanjingensis 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 : 232

Description of Isoptericola nanjingensis BM 28

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and oval-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 and arginine dihydrolase in API 20NE but positive for oxidase, esculin hydrolysis urease, gelatinase and β -galactosidase. Positive for utilization of D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose and potassium gluconate; weakly positive for adipic acid. Does not utilize D-mannitol, capric acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid. Strain BM28 (= NIBRBA0000114308) has been isolat- ed from a mud flat sample, Wando, Jeonnam Province, Korea.