Bacillus vietnamensis

Nahar, Shamsun, Lee, Do-Hoon, Bae, Jin-Woo, Im, Wan-Taek, Jahng, Kwang Yeop, Joh, Kiseong, Kim, Wonyong, Lee, Soon Dong & Cha, Hana Yi and Chang-Jun, 2018, Report on 30 unrecorded bacterial species of the phylum Firmicutes isolated from Korea in 2016, Journal of Species Research 7 (1), pp. 50-59 : 56

Description of Bacillus vietnamensis H18Y

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, flagellated and rod-shaped. Colonies are irregular, smooth and pale yellow-colored after 2 days of incubation on R2A at 30°C. Positive for gelatin hydrolysis and β -galactosidase activity. Negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, esculin hydrolysis and fermentation of D- glucose, L- arginine and urea. Utilizes D- glucose, D- mannose, D- mannitol and potassium gluconate. Does not utilize L- arabinose, N -acetylglucosamine, D- maltose, caprate, adipate, malate, trisodium citrate and phenylacetate. Strain H18Y (= NIBRBAC000498409) was isolated from wastewater treatment plant.