Sphingomonas echinoides IMCC

Kim, Kyung Hyun, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Kim, Seung-Bum, Jahng, Kwang-Yeop, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Joh, Ki-seong, Cha, Chang-Jun, Seong, Chi-Nam, Bae, Jin-Woo & Jeon, Wan-Taek Im and Che Ok, 2017, A report of 31 unrecorded bacterial species belonging to the class Alphaproteobacteria in Korea, Journal of Species Research 6 (2), pp. 129-140 : 139

Description of Sphingomonas echinoides IMCC 25620

Cells are gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, and coccoid-shaped. Colonies are circular, raised, entire, and yellow-colored after 10 days of incubation at 20°C on 1/3 diluted R2A agar. Positive for esculin hydrolysis. DGlucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, adipic acid, and malic acid are utilized. Negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, and arginine dihydrolase, urease, gelatinase, and β -galactosidase activities. Does not utilize D-mannitol, capric acid, trisodium citrate, and phenylacetic acid. Strain IMCC25620 (= NIBRBAC 000498010) was isolated from a freshwater sample, Incheon, Korea.