Rathayibacter tritici

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 Rathayibacter tritici 03SU14

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and short rod shaped. Colonies are entire, convex, opaque and yellow colored after 3 days of incubation on R2A at 25 °C. In API 20NE, positive for esculin hydrolysis and β - galactosidase, but negative for nitrate reduction, glucose fermentation, indole production, arginine dihydrolase, gelatinase and urease. D-Glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, D-maltose and potassium gluconate are utilized. Des not utilize N -acetyl-glucosamine, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid. Strain 03SU14 (= NIBRBA0000114439) has been isolated from a freshwater sample, Woopo wetland, Gyeongnam Province, Korea.