Mycobacterium hodleri HKS

Kim, Mi-Sun, Lee, Ji-Hee, Kim, Seung-Bum, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Lee, Soon Dong, Joh, Ki-seong, Cha, Chang-Jun, Im, Wan-Taek, Bae, Jin-Woo, Jahng, Kwangyeop & Seong, Hana Yi and Chi-Nam, 2017, Unrecorded bacterial species belonging to the phylum Actinobacteria originated from Republic of Korea, Journal of Species Research 6 (1), pp. 25-41 : 36

Description of Mycobacterium hodleri HKS 22

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and rod shaped. Colonies are entire, circular, round and saffron yellow colored after 2 days on R 2A at 30°C. Positive for arginine dihydrolase, esculin hydrolysis, glucose fermentation and urease in API 20NE, but negative for β -galactosidase, gelatinase, indole production and nitrate reduction. Utilize L-arabinose, D-glucose, malic acid, D-maltose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, potassium gluconate and trisodium citrate, but not utilize N -acetyl-glucosamine, adipic acid, capric acid and phenylacetic acid. Strain HKS 22 (= NIBRBAC000498114) has been isolated from Ginseng cultivated soil, Anseong, Gyeonggi Province, Korea.