Pseudoxanthomonas japonensis

Lim, Yeonjung, Joung, Yochan, Nam, Gi Gyun, Jahng, Kwang-Yeop, Kim, Seung-Bum, Joh, Ki-seong, Cha, Chang-Jun, Seong, Chi-Nam, Bae, Jin-Woo, Im, Wan-Taek & Cho, Jang-Cheon, 2016, A report on 33 unrecorded bacterial species of Korea isolated in 2014, belonging to the class Gammaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 5 (2), pp. 241-253 : 252

Description of Pseudoxanthomonas japonensis

RK 6Y-4-1

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, non-pigmented, and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, entire and raised, and pale yellow colored after 2 days on R2A at 30°C. Positive for nitrate reduction, glucose fermentation, urease and β -galactosidase in API 20NE, but negative for indole production, arginine dihydrolase, esculin hydrolysis and gelatinase. D-Glucose, L-arabinose, Dmannose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, malic acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid are utilized. Does not utilize capric acid and adipic acid. Strain RK 6Y-4-1 (= NIBRBA 0000114892) was isolated from ginseng soil, Anseong, Korea.