Enterococcus asini MR

Han, Ji-Hye, Joung, Yochan, Kim, Tae-Su, Bae, Jin-Woo, Cha, Chang-Jun, Chun, Jongsik, Im, Wan-Taek, Jahng, Kwang Yeop, Jeon, Che Ok, Joh, Kiseong, Seong, Chi Nam, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Cho, Jang-Cheon & Kim, Seung Bum, 2015, Report on 24 unrecorded bacterial species of Korea belonging to the phylum Firmicutes, Journal of Species Research 4 (2), pp. 127-136 : 133

Description of Enterococcus asini MR 1

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated, nonpigmented and oval­shaped. Colonies are circular, raised, entire and translucent after 2 days of incubation on R2A at 25°C. Based on API 20NE, positive for nitrate reduction, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, esculin hydrolysis and β ­galactosidase, but negative for indole production, urease and gelatinase. Does not utilize Dglucose, L­arabinose, D­mannose, D­mannitol, N ­acetyl­glucosamine, D­maltose, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid. Strain MR1 (= NIBRBA0000114031) was isolated from gut of insect, Seoul, Korea.