Microvirga makkahensis CAU 1493

Liu, Qingmei, Kim, Seung-Bum, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Joh, Kiseong, Seong, Chi-Nam, Jeon, Che-Ok, Kim, Wonyong & Im, Myung Kyum Kim and Wan-Taek, 2019, Description of 42 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the class Alphaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 8 (4), pp. 351-364 : 359

Description of Microvirga makkahensis CAU 1493

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, and short rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, entire smooth, shiny, opaque, and pink color after 2-3 days of incubation on MA at 30°C. In API 20NE, positive for gelatinase, negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease, esculin hydrolysis, and β -galactosidase. D-glucose and D-mannose are utilized. Does not utilize L-arabinose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate, and phenylacetic acid. Strain CAU 1493 (= NIBRBAC000502366) has been isolated from coal mine soil, Hongcheon-gun, Korea.