Microbacterium phyllosphaerae MK

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 : 231

Description of Microbacterium phyllosphaerae MK 6Y-6-1

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and rod shaped. Colonies are entire, convex and golden yellow colored after 3 days on MA at 30°C. Positive for esculin hydrolysis and β -galactosidase, but negative for nitrate reduction, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, indole production, urease and gelatinase in API 20NE. D-Glucose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, potassium gluconate, phenylacetic acid and malic acid are utilized. Does not utilize L-arabinose, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, trisodium citrate, capric acid and adipic acid. Strain MK6Y-6-1 (= NIBRBA0000114274) has been isolated from Ginseng cultivated soil, Anseong, Gyeonggi Province, Korea.