Bacillus humi MMS

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 humi MMS 17-SY053

Cells are Gram-stain-positive, flagellated, and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, entire, smooth, and pale yellow colored after incubation for three days on TSA at 30℃. Oxidase activity is negative. Aesculin is hydrolyzed. Enzyme activity for urease and β -galactosidase is positive. Enzyme activity for arginine dihydrolase and gelatinase is negative. D-Glucose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose and trisodium citrate are assimilated. L-Arabinose, D-mannose, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, and phenylacetic acid are not assimilated. Nitrate is not reduced to nitrite. Indole is not produced and glucose is not fermented. Strain MMS17 -SY053 (= NIBRBAC000501211) was isolated from a soil sample, Gunsan , Republic of Korea (35°48 ʹ 46 ʺ N 126°24 ʹ 36 ʺ E) .