Deinococcus gobiensis

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 : 188

Description of Deinococcus gobiensis NM-1

Cells are Gram-stain-positive and coccus-shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, entire, and pink colored after incubation for three days on R2 A at 30℃. Oxidase activity is positive. Aesculin is hydrolyzed. Enzyme activity for gelatinase and β -galactosidase is positive. Enzyme activity for arginine dihydrolase and urease is negative. D-Mannitol and malic acid are assimilated. D-Glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, trisodium citrate, and phenylacetic acid are not assimilated. Nitrate is not reduced to nitrite. Indole is not produced and glucose is not fermented. Strain NM-1 (= NIBRBAC000501033) was isolated from a mud sample, Jeju, Republic of Korea (33°25 ʹ 23 ʺ N 126°29 ʹ 18 ʺ E) .