Herbiconiux ginsengi SR

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 : 230

Description of Herbiconiux ginsengi SR 5-11

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated, nonpigmented and short rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, convex and entire after 3 days on R2A at 30°C. Positive for arginine dihydrolase, esculin hydrolysis, β -galactosidase, urease and gelatinase, but negative for nitrate reduction, glucose fermentation and indole production in API 20NE. Positive for utilization of D-glucose, D-mannose, D-mannitol and L-arabinose, weakly positive for N -acetyl-glucosamine, malic acid and D-maltose, but negative for potassium gluconate, trisodium citrate, phenylacetic acid, capric acid and adipic acid. Strain SR5- 11 (= NIBRBA0000114200) has been isolated from a plant root, Daejeon, Korea.