Serratia plymuthica GT

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 : 115

Description of Serratia plymuthica GT 8-07

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, flagellated, non-pigmented and short rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, pulvinate, entire and ivory-colored after 2 days of incubation on TSA at 30° C. Positive for cytochrome oxidase, esculin hydrolysis, β -galactosidase, gelatinase, glucose fermentation and nitrates reduction, but negative for arginine dihydrolase, indole production and urease in API 20NE test. N - Acetyl-glucosamine, L-arabinose, capric acid, D-glucose, malic acid, D-maltose, D-mannitol, Dmannose, phenylacetic acid, potassium gluconate and trisodium citrate are utilized. Strain GT 8-07 (= NIBRBAC 000498088 ) has been isolated from plant root sample, Gumi , Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea .