Arthrobacter agilis CDR

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 Arthrobacter agilis CDR 5

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, flagellated and coccoid. Colonies are circular, entire, smooth, glistening, convex and deep yellowish pink-colored after 3 days on R2A at 30°C. Positive for esculin hydrolysis, gelatinase and β -galactosidase in API 20NE, but negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase and urease. Utilize D-glucose, Dmannose, D-mannitol, D-maltose and potassium gluconate, but not utilize capric acid, but L-arabinose, N -acetyl-glucosamine, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid. Strain CDR5 (= NIBRBA 0000114311) has been isolated from brackish water sample, Jeju, Korea.