Kocuria rhizophila BT

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 : 35

Description of Kocuria rhizophila BT 304

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated, non-pigmented and coccus-shaped. Colonies are circular and lighy yellow colored after 3 days on BHIA at 37°C. Negative for arginine dihydrolase, esculin hydrolysis, β - galactosidase, gelatinase, glucose fermentation, indole production, nitrate reduction and urease in API 20NE. Utilize N -acetyl-glucosamine, adipic acid, D-glucose, malic acid, D-maltose, D-mannose, phenylacetic acid, potassium gluconate and trisodium citrate are utilized. Does not utilize L-arabinose, capric acid and D-mannitol. Strain BT304 (= NIBRBAC000497862) has been isolated from Gut of Korean native cattle, Korea.