Bacillus thermotolerans NA

Kang, Heeyoung, Kim, Haneul, Bae, Jin-Woo, Lee, Soon Dong, Kim, Wonyong, Kim, Myung Kyum, Cha, Chang-Jun, Yi, Hana, Im, Wan-Taek, Kim, Seung Bum & Joh, Chi Nam Seong and Kiseong, 2019, A report of 38 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea within the classes Bacilli and Deinococci isolated from various sources, Journal of Species Research 8 (2), pp. 176-190 : 183

Description of Bacillus thermotolerans NA _4

Cells are Gram-stain-positive and oval-shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, smooth, and cream colored after incubation for two days on NA at 30℃. Oxidase activity is negative. Aesculin is not hydrolyzed. Enzyme activity for arginine dihydrolase, urease, gelatinase, and β -galactosidase is negative. Potassium gluconate, malic acid and phenylacetic acid are assimilated. D-Glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, capric acid, adipic acid, and trisodium citrate is not assimilated. Nitrate is reduced to nitrite. Indole is not produced and glucose is not fermented. Strain NA _4 (=NIBRBAC000500998) was isolated from a soil sample, Anseong, Republic of Korea (37.075911N 127.370204E) .