Arthrobacter nicotianae KHK

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 : 34

Description of Arthrobacter nicotianae KHK 4

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and bacillus shaped. Colonies are circular, cream colored after 3 days on TSA at 25°C. Positive for gelatinase and nitrate reduction in API 20NE, but negative for arginine dihydrolase, esculin hydrolysis, β -galactosidase, glucose fermentation, indole production and urease. Utilizes adipic acid, L-arabinose, D-glucose, malic acid, D-maltose, phenylacetic acid, potassium gluconate and trisodium citrate, but not utilize N -acetyl-glucosamine, capric acid, D-mannitol and D-mannose. Strain KHK4 (= NIBRBAC 000497856) has been isolated from Gut of Red-crowned Crane ( Grus japonensis ), Gyeonggi Province, Korea.