Marmoricola korecus WW

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 : 233

Description of Marmoricola korecus WW 39

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and coccoid shaped. Colonies are opaque, entire, drop-like and yellow colored after 3 days incubation on R2A at 25°C. Positive for glucose fermentation, esculin hydrolysis and gelatinase in API 20NE, but negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, arginine dihydrolase urease and β -galactosidase. Does not utilize capric acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate, D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, adipic acid and phenylacetic acid. Strain WW39 (= NIBRBA0000114436) has been isolated from a freshwater sample, Woopo wetland, Gyeongnam Province, Korea.