Kitasatospora kifunensis MMS

Lee, Na-Young, Cha, Chang-Jun, Im, Wan-Taek, Kim, Seung-Bum, Seong, Chi-Nam, Bae, Jin-Woo, Jahng, Kwang Yeop, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Joh, Kiseong, Jeon, Che Ok & Lee, Hana Yi and Soon Dong, 2018, A report of 42 unrecorded actinobacterial species in Korea, Journal of Species Research 7 (1), pp. 36-49 : 47

Description of Kitasatospora kifunensis MMS 16-CNU292

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and produce well-developed, branched aerial and vegetative mycelia. Colonies are circular, dry, rough, opaque and beige-colored after 3 days on SCA (pH 5) at 30°C. Positive for esculin hydrolysis and gelatinase in API 20NE but negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation and arginine dihydrolase, urease and β-galactosidase. D-Glucose is utilized. Does not utilize L-arabinose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, N-acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, gluconate, caprate, adipate, malate, citrate and phenylacetate. Strain MMS16-CNU292 (= NIBRBAC000498624) has been isolated from soil, Daejeon, Korea.