Streptomyces formicae, Bai et al., 2002

Kim, Mi-Sun, Kim, Seung-Bum, Cha, Chang-Jun, Im, Wan-Taek, Kim, Won-Yong, Kim, Myung-Kyum, Jeon, Che-Ok, Yi, Hana, Yoon, Jung-Hoon & Seong, Hyung-Rak Kim and Chi-Nam, 2021, Description of unrecorded bacterial species belonging to the phylum Actinobacteria in Korea, Journal of Species Research 10 (1), pp. 23-45 : 41

Description of Streptomyces formicae 5C-1

Cells are aerobic, Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and filamentous. Colonies are circular, spore-forming and brown white colored after incubation for 3 days on R2 A agar at 20-40℃. In the API 20NE system, positive reaction for hydrolysis of esculin and gelatin, β-galactosidase activity and utilization of D-glucose, D-mannose, D­mannitol, N ­acetyl­glucosamine, D­maltose, potassium gluconate, malic acid and trisodium citrate. In the API 20NE system, negative reaction for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease activity, oxidase activity and utilization of Larabinose, capric acid, adipic acid and phenylacetic acid. Strain 5C­1 (= NIBRBAC000503219) was isolated from cave soil in Yeongwol, Gangwon Province, Korea (37°07′ 46.2″N 128°31′58.6″E) .