Kocuria flava EM1106

Han, Ji Yeon, Lim, Oung Bin, Chea, So-Yi, Lee, Hyosun, Lee, Ki-Eun, Cha, In-Tae & Kim, Won-Jae Chi and Dong-Uk, 2022, A report on 20 unrecorded bacterial species of Korea isolated from soil in 2021, Journal of Species Research 11 (4), pp. 310-320 : 315

Description of Kocuria flava EM1106

Cells are Gram-stain-positive and coccus-shaped. Cell size is 0.5-0.7 μm. Colonies are circular, smooth, entire, and yellow pigmented after 3 days of incubation at 28°C on R2A. Positive for reduction of nitrates to nitrite (NO 3 ->NO 2 -), β -Galactosidase (PNPG), D-glucose, D-maltose, gluconate, adipate, malate, and phenyl-acetate; but negative for indole production, glucose acidification, arginine dihydrolase, urease, β -glucosidase (esculin hydrolysis), protease (gelatin hydrolysis), L-arabinose, N -acetyl-D-glucosamine, caprate, and citrate. Utilizes D-mannitol, D-glucose, D-melibiose, valerate, 4-hydroxy-benzo- ate, L-proline, D-sucrose, D-maltose, suberate, 5-ketoglu- conate, 3-hydroxy-benzoate, and L-serine; but does not utilize salicin, L-fucose, L-arabinose. Propionate, caprate, citrate, L-histidine, 2-ketogluconate, 3-hydroxy-butyrate, L-rhamnose, N -acetyl-D-glucosamine, D-ribose, itaconate, malonate, and glycogen. Enzymatic activity reaction was positive for alkaline phosphatase, esterase (C4), esterase lipase (C8), leucine arylamidase, naphtol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase, α -galactosidase, β -galactosidase, and α -glucosidase; but negative for lipase (C14), valine arylamidase, cystine arylamidase, trypsin, α -chymotrypsin, acid phosphatase, β -glucuronidase, β -glucosidase, N -acetyl- β -glucosaminidase, α -mannosidase, and α -fucosidase. Strain EM1106 (= NIBRBAC000509129) was isolated from an agricultural soil sample, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea.