Sphingoaurantiacus polygranulatus EM1158

Han, Ji Yeon, Lim, Oung Bin, Chea, So-Yi, Lee, Hyosun, Lee, Ki-Eun, Cha, In-Tae & Kim, Won-Jae Chi and Dong-Uk, 2022, A report on 20 unrecorded bacterial species of Korea isolated from soil in 2021, Journal of Species Research 11 (4), pp. 310-320 : 315

Description of Sphingoaurantiacus polygranulatus EM1158

Cells are Gram-stain-negative and coccus-shaped. Cell size is 0.5-0.7 μm. Colonies are circular, smooth, entire, and red pigmented after 3 days of incubation at 28°C on R2A. Positive for reduction of D-glucose, L-arabinose, and N -acetyl-D-glucosamine; but negative for nitrates to nitrite (NO 3 ->NO 2 -), reduction of nitrates to nitrogen, indole production, glucose acidification, arginine dihydrolase, urease, β -glucosidase (esculin hydrolysis), protease (gelatin hydrolysis), β -Galactosidase (PNPG), D-mannose, D-mannitol, D-maltose, gluconate, caprate, adipate, malate, citrate, and phenyl-acetate. D-Glucose, L-arabinose, 3-hydroxy-butyrate, L-proline, L-rhamnose, N -acetyl-D-glucosamine, and D-sucrose; but does not utilize D-mannitol, salicin, D-melibiose, L-fucose, D-sorbitol, propionate, caprate, valerate, citrate, L-histidine, 2-ketogluconate, 4-hydroxy-benzoate, D-ribose, inositol, D-maltose, itaconate, suberate, malonate, acetate, lactate, L-alanine, 5-ketogluconate, glycogen, 3-hydroxy-ben- zoate, and L-serine. Enzymatic activity reaction was positive for alkaline phosphatase, esterase (C4), esterase lipase (C8), leucine arylamidase, acid phosphatase, naphtol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase, and N -acetyl- β -glucos- aminidase; but negative for lipase (C14), valine arylamidase, cystine arylamidase, trypsin, α -chymotrypsin, α -ga- lactosidase, β -galactosidase, β -glucuronidase, α -gluco- sidase, β -glucosidase, α -mannosidase, and α -fucosidase. Strain EM1158 (= NIBRBAC000509131) was isolated from an agricultural soil sample, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea.