Description of Brachybacterium muris HME8794

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and rod­shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, entire and yellow-colored after 2 days on MA at 30℃. Positive reactions are obtained for esculin hydrolysis and β-galactosidase in API 20NE, and negative reactions are obtained for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease and gelatinase. D­glucose, D­mannose, D­maltose and potassium gluconate are utilized. Does not utilize L­arabinose, Dmannitol, N ­acetyl­glucosamine, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid. Strain HME8794 (= NIBRBA0000114003) was isolated from a tidal flat sample, Sinan, Korea.