Ochrobactrum pituitosum, Huber et al., 2010

Kim, Pil Soo, Lee, Ki-Eun, Tak, Euon Jung & Bae, Myung-Suk Kang and Jin-Woo, 2020, A report of 12 unrecorded prokaryotic species isolated from gastrointestinal tracts and feces of various endangered animals in Korea, Journal of Species Research 9 (1), pp. 35-45 : 41-42

Description of Ochrobactrum pituitosum M3 R 205

Cells are Gram-staining positive. Colonies are circular, smooth, convex, and yellowish-white colored after 2 days of incubation on R 2A agar at 20℃. Dextrin, N -acetyl-D- glucosamine, N -acetyl-D- galactosamine, α -D- glucose, D- mannose, D- fructose, D- galactose, L- rhamnose, inosine, 1% sodium lactate, myo -inositol, rifamycin SV, L- alanine, L- histidine, guanidinium chloride, tetrazolium blue, methyl pyruvate, lithium chloride, acetoacetic acid, acetic acid, glycyl-L- proline, L- aspartic acid, L- glutamic acid, L- serine, L- lactic acid, D- malic acid, L- malic acid, bromosuccinic acid, propionic acid, aztreonam, D- fucose, L- fucose, troleandomycin, lincomycin, D- galacturonic acid, L- galactonic acid lactone, D- glucuronic acid, vancomycin, tetrazolium violet, potassium tellurite, D- sorbitol, D- arabitol, niaproof 4, citric acid, and γ -aminobutryric acid are utilized as the sole source of carbon. However, D- maltose, D- trehalose, D- cellobiose, gentiobiose, sucrose, D- turanose, D- salicin, glycerol, pectin, nalidixic acid, α -keto-butyric acid, sodium butyrate, D- mannitol, D- gluconic acid, 4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid, Tween 40, α -hydroxybutyric acid, sodium bromate, α -D- lactose, β - methyl-D- glucoside, N -acetyl- β - D- mannosamine, 3-methyl glucose, fusidic acid, D- serine, D- glucose-6-phosphate, D- fructose-6-phosphate, minocycline, glucuronamide, stachyose, D- raffinose, D- melibiose, N -acetyl neuraminic acid, D- aspartic acid, D- serine, gelatin, L- arginine, L- pyroglutamic acid, mucic acid, quinic acid, D- saccharic acid, D- lactic acid methyl ester, α -keto-glutaric acid, β - hydroxyl-D, L- butyric acid, and formic acid are not utilized as the sole source of carbon (Biolog GEN III).

Strain M 3 R205 (= NIBRBAC000499689) was isolated from the feces of a Siberian musk deer ( Moschus moschiferus ), Hwacheon, Gangwon Province, Korea. The DNA G + C content of the type strain is 55.0 mol %.