Bacillus thuringiensis (Berliner, 1915)

Kim, Haneul, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Cha, Chang-Jun, Seong, Chi Nam, Im, Wan-Taek, Jahng, Kwang Yeop, Jeon, Che Ok, Kim, Seung Bum & Joh, Kiseong, 2016, A report of 26 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes, Journal of Species Research 5 (1), pp. 166-178 : 175

Description of Bacillus thuringiensis M4Y-2-1

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and rod-shaped. Colonies are Circular, entire, rough, convex and yellow colored after 3 days of incubation on MA at 30°C. Oxidase- activity is negative. In the API 20NE strip, nitrate reduction, esculin hydrolysis arginine dihydrolase and gelatinase activities and assimilation of D-glucose, N -acetyl-glucosamine and D-maltose, potassium gluconate and malic acid are positive, but indole production, glucose fermentation, urease and β -galactosidase activities and assimilation of L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, capric acid, adipic acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid are negative. Strain M4Y- 2-1 (= NIBRBA0000114264) has been isolated from a ginseng soil sample, Anseong, Korea.