Deinococcus xinjiangensis

Kim, Dong-Uk, Kim, Ju-Young, Cha, Chang-Jun, Kim, Wonyong & Kim, Myung Kyum, 2018, A report of unrecorded bacterial species of Korea isolated in 2016, belonging to the family Deinococcaceae and Planctomycetaceae, Journal of Species Research 7 (1), pp. 9-12 : 11

Description of Deinococcus xinjiangensis 6004

Cells are gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated, and cocci-shaped. Colonies are circular, entire, smooth, raised, and pink colored after 2 days of incubation at 30°C on R2A. Positive for urease and gelatinase activities. Negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, esculin hydrolysis, and β -galactosidase activity. Does not utilize L-arabinose, D-mannitol, N-acetyl-glucosamine, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate, and phenylacetic acid. Strain 6004 (= NIBR BAC000498565) was isolated from a sediment soil sample, Han River, Korea.