Collimonas pratensis

Choi, Ahyoung, Bae, Jin-Woo, Cha, Chang-Jun, Chun, Jongsik, Im, Wan-Taek, Jahng, Kwang Yeop, Jeon, Che Ok, Joh, Kiseong, Kim, Seung Bum, Seong, Chi Nam, Yoon, Jung-Hoon & Cho, Jang-Cheon, 2015, A report of 39 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the Betaproteobacteria and Gammaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 4 (2), pp. 109-126 : 118

Description of Collimonas pratensis mNT30

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, non-pigmented, and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular and white-beige colored after 3 days of incubation on minimal medium at 25° C. Positive for gelatinase and β -galactosidase in API 20NE, but negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease, and esculin hydrolysis. D-Glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, potassium gluconate, malic acid, and trisodium citrate are utilized. Does not utilize D-maltose, capric acid, adipic acid, and phenylacetic acid. Strain mNT30 (= NIBRBA0000113979 ) has been isolated from a forest soil sample, Gwanak Mountain , Seoul, Korea .