Rhodococcus fascians KHO

Kim, Mi-Sun, Lee, Ji-Hee, Kim, Seung-Bum, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Lee, Soon Dong, Joh, Ki-seong, Cha, Chang-Jun, Im, Wan-Taek, Bae, Jin-Woo, Jahng, Kwangyeop & Seong, Hana Yi and Chi-Nam, 2017, Unrecorded bacterial species belonging to the phylum Actinobacteria originated from Republic of Korea, Journal of Species Research 6 (1), pp. 25-41 : 37

Description of Rhodococcus fascians KHO 6

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and coccus-shaped. Colonies are circular and white colored after 3 days on NA at 25°C. Positive for arginine dihydrolase, esculin hydrolysis, β -galactosidase, gelatinase, nitrate reduction and urease in API 20NE, but negative for glucose fermentation and indole production. Utilize Dglucose, D-maltose and D-mannose, but not utilize N - acetyl-glucosamine, adipic acid, L-arabinose, capric acid, malic acid, D-mannitol, phenylacetic acid, potassium gluconate and trisodium citrate. Strain KHO6 (= NIBRBAC 000497838) has been isolated from Gut of Japanese crested ibis ( Nipponia nippon ), Gyeonggi Province, Korea.