Klebsiella variicola BT

Kanjanasuntree, Rungravee, Cha, Chang-Jun, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Im, Wan-Taek, Kim, Myung Kyum, Jeon, Che-Ok, Joh, Kiseong, Kim, Seung-Bum, Seong, Chi-Nam, Yi, Hana, Lee, Soon Dong & Kim, Jin-Woo Bae and Wonyong, 2019, A report on 53 unrecorded bacteria species in Korea in the class Gammaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 8 (4), pp. 319-336 : 330

Klebsiella variicola BT 3409

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, and rod shaped. Colonies are white color, circular, convex, and massive after incubation on TSA at 37℃ for 2 days. Strain is positive for nitrate reduction, glucose fermentation, esculin hydrolysis, urease, β-galactosidase, and utilization of glucose, arabinose, mannose, mannitol, N- acetyl-glucosamine, maltose, potassium gluconate, malic acid, trisodium citrate, capric acid, adipic acid, and phenylacetic acid; but negative for indole production, arginine dihydrolase, gelatinase and cytochrome oxidase. Strain BT 3409 (= NIBRBAC000501145) was isolated from intestines of Russian grayling butterfly ( H. autonoe ) from Jeju, Jeju-do, Republic of Korea .