Rhodococcus sovatensis BT

Kim, Ju-Young, Maeng, Soohyun, Park, Yuna, Lee, Sang Eun, Han, Joo Hyun, Cha, In-Tae & Kim, Ki-eun Lee and Myung Kyum, 2021, Twelve unrecorded UV-resistant bacterial species isolated in 2020, Journal of Species Research 10 (4), pp. 321-335 : 325

Description of Rhodococcus sovatensis BT 581

Cells are Gram-stain-positive, non-flagellated and rod-shaped. Colonies are pale yellow colored after 3 days of incubation on R2 A at 25℃. In the BIOLOG GEN III test, positive for D-trehalose, sucrose, D-turanose, α -D-glucose, D-mannose, D-fructose, D-galactose, L-rhamnose, sodium lactate, D-sorbitol, D-mannitol, D-arabitol, myo-inositol, rifamycin SV, L-glutamic acid, pectin, D-gluconic acid, quinic acid, tetrazolium violet, citric acid, α -glutaric acid, D-malic acid, L-malic acid, succinic acid, lithium chloride, potassium tellurite, Tween 40, β -butryric acid, α -butyric acid, acetoacetic acid, propionic acid, acetic acid and aztreonam; weak positive for dextrin, D-maltose, D-cellobiolose, gentiobiose, stachyose, pH 6, D-raffinose, α -D-lactose, D-melibiose, β -D-glucoside, N -glucosamine, β -mannosamin, N -galactosamin, neuraminic acid, 8% NaCl, 6-methyl-glucose, D-fucose, L-fucose, D-serine, glycerol, D-gluose, D-aspartic acid, gelatin, glyctl-L-proline, L-alanine, L-arginine, L-aspartic acid, L-histidine, pyroglutamic acid, L-serine, guanidine HCl, galacturonic acid, galactonic lactone, D-glucuronic acid, mucic acid, D-saccharic acid, tetrazolium blue, methyl pyruvate, D-lactic acid, L-lactic acid, nalidixic acid, γ -butryric acid, α -butryric acid, sodium butyrate and sodium bromate; but negative for pH 5, D-salicin, 1% NaCl, 4% NaCl, 8% NaCl, inosine, fusidic acid, D-serine, troleandomycin, minocycline, lincomycin, Niaproof 4, glucuronamide, vancomycin, pheylacetic acid and formic acid. In API 20NE, urease, D-mannitol, malic acid and trisodium citrate were utilized; D-glucose, D-mannose, potassium gluconate, adipic acid and phenylacetic acid were weakly utilized; whereas reduction of nitrates (NO 3 -) to nitrite (NO 2 -), reduction of nitrates (NO 3 -) to nitrogen (N 2), indole production on tryptophan, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, esculin hydrolysis, gelatin hydrolysis, β -galactosidase, L-arabinose, N -acetyl-D-glucosamine, D-maltose and capric acid were not utilized. In the API 32GN test, L-rhamnose, inositol, D-saccharose (sucrose), sodium acetate, D-mannitol, D-sorbitol, valeric acid, trisodium citrate and 4-hydroxybenzoic acid were utilized; while N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-ribose, D-maltose, itaconic acid, suberic acid, sodium malonate, lactic acid, L-alanine, potassium 5-ketogluconate, glycogen, 3-hydroxybenzoic acid, L-serine, D-glucose, salicin, D-melibiose, D-fucose, L-arabinose, propionic acid, capric acid, L-histidine, potassium 2-ketogluconate, 3-hydroxybutyric acid and L-proline were not utilized. Strain BT 581 (= NIBRBAC000506217) was isolated from a soil sample from Guri-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea .