Arthrobacter rhombi, Osorio et al., 1999

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Description of Arthrobacter rhombi VM2501

Cells are Gram-staining positive, non-flagellated, and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, smooth, convex, and pale-yellow colored after 2 days of incubation on MA at 20℃. D- maltose, D- trehalose, D- cellobiolose, gentiobiose, sucrose, D- turanose, neuraminic acid, α - D- glucose, sodium lactate, D- gluconic acid, nalidixic acid, sodium butyrate, and sodium bromate are utilized as the sole source of carbon (Biolog GEN III). Positive for following enzyme activities: nitrate reduction, glucose acidification, β -glucosidase, alkaline phosphatase, esterase (C4), esterase lipase (C8), leucine arylamidase, valine arylamidase, cystine arylamidase, trypsin, acid phosphatase, naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase, α -glucosidase, and β -glucosidase ( API ZYM and API 20NE). Positive for the utilization of following substrates: D- mannitol, D- glucose, propionate, caprate, valerate, 3-hydroxy-butyrate, L- proline, D- ribose, D- sucrose, D- maltose, acetate, D, L- lactate, L- alanine, glycogen, and L- serine ( API ID 32 GN).

Strain VM 2501 (= NIBRBAC000499830) was isolated from the feces of an Andean condor ( Vultur gryphus ), Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, Korea. The DNA G + C content of the type strain is 67.90 mol %.