Sphingopyxis ummariensis

Siddiqi, Muhammad Zubair, Kim, Seung-Bum, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Joh, Ki-seong, Seong, Chi-Nam, Bae, Jin-Woo, Jahng, Kwang-Yeop & Im, Che-Ok Jeon and Wan-Taek, 2017, Description of 39 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the class Alphaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 6 (2), pp. 141-153 : 149

Description of Sphingopyxis ummariensis KTCe-5

Cells are Gram­staining­negative, non­flagellated, pigmented and rod shaped. Colonies are circular, raised, entire and yellow colored after 2 days on R2A at 30°C. Positive for arginine dihydrolase, urease and esculin hydrolysis in API 20NE, but negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, gelatinase, and β ­galactosidase. Does not utilize L­arabinose, D­mannose, D­mannitol, N ­acetyl­glucosamine, potassium gluconate, capric acid, trisodium citrate, malic acid and phenylacetic acid but utilizes D­glucose, D­maltose and adipic acid. Strain KTCe­5 (= NIBRBA0000114842) has been isolated from activated sludge, Daejeon, Korea.