Mycobacterium llatzerense ST

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 : 226

Description of Mycobacterium llatzerense ST 5-11

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and rod-shaped. Colonies are entire, glistening and orange colored after 2 days on TSA at 30° C. Positive for and urease and esculin hydrolysis in API 20NE, but negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, gelatinase and β -galactosidase. Utilize D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannitol, D-maltose, but not utilize D-mannose, N -acetyl-glucosamine, capric acid, adipic acid, potassium gluconate, malic acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid. Strain ST 5-11 (= NIBRBA0000114183 ) has been isolated from plant root, Daejeon, Korea .