Herbaspirillum hiltneri IMCC

Kim, Hyun Sik, Cha, Chang-Jun, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Im, Wan-Taek, Jahng, Kwang Yeop, Jeon, Che Ok, Joh, Kiseong, Kim, Seung Bum, Seong, Chi Nam, Kim, Wonyong, Yi, Hana, Lee, Soon Dong & Bae, Jung-Hoon Yoon and Jin-Woo, 2017, A report on 57 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea in the classes Betaproteobacteria and Gammaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 6 (2), pp. 101-118 : 111

Description of Herbaspirillum hiltneri IMCC 25601

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, non-pigmented and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, raised, entire and white-colored after 10 days of incubation on R2A at 20°C. Positive for esculin hydrolysis, β -galactosidase and indole production, but negative for arginine dihydrolase, cytochrome oxidase, gelatinase, glucose fermentation, nitrates reduction and urease in API 20NE test. N -Acetyl-glucosamine, L-arabinose, D-glucose, malic acid, D-maltose, D-mannitol, D-mannose and potassium gluconate are utilized. Strain IMCC25601 (= NIBRBAC000497991) has been isolat- ed from fresh water sample, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, Korea.