Oxalicibacterium flavum

Maeng, Soohyun, Kim, Ju-Young, Jang, Jun Hwee & Kim, Myung-Suk Kang and Myung Kyum, 2018, A report of 11 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea isolated in 2017, Journal of Species Research 7 (2), pp. 135-150 : 147

Description of Oxalicibacterium flavum 16B04G

Cells are Gram-stain-negative and short rod-shaped. Colonies are pink-colored after 3 days of incubation on R2A at 25°C. In the BIOLOG GEN III, acetoacetic acid, N -acetyl-D-mannosamine, L-aspartic acid, D-cellobiose, dextrin, D-fructose, D-fructose 6-PO 4, L-galactonic acid lactone, D-galactose, D-galacturonic acid, gentiobiose, D-gluconic acid, α -D-glucose, D-glucuronic acid, L-glutamic acid, α -keto-glutaric acid, L-malic acid, D-maltose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, β -methyl-D-glucoside, 3-methyl glucose, myo-inositol, pectin, propionic acid, glycyl-L-proline, L-pyroglutamic acid, L-rhamnose, L-serine, stachyose, sucrose, D-trehalose, D-turanose, acetic acid, N -acetyl-neuraminic acid, N -acetyl-D-glucosamine, γ -amino-butryric acid, D-arabitol, D-aspartic acid, bromo-succinic acid, citric acid, formic acid, D-fucose, L-fucose, D-glucose-6-PO 4, glycerol, L-histidine, α -hydroxybutyric acid, β -hydroxy-D,L-butyric acid, p -hydroxy-phenylacetic acid, α -keto-butyric acid, L-lactic acid, D-lactic acid methyl ester, α -D-lactose, D-malic acid, methyl pyruvate, mucic acid, D-saccharic acid, D-sorbitol, tween 40 are utilized as sole carbon source. But D-raffinose, D-melibiose, D-salicin, N -acetyl-D-galactosamine, inosine, D-serine, L-alanine, L-arginine, glucuronamide, and quinic acid were not utilized. In sensitivity tests, the tetrazolium redox dye is reduced in the presence of 1% NaCl, 1% sodium lactate, 4% NaCl, lithium chloride, pH 6, potassium tellurite, D-serine, sodium butyrate, aztreonam, nalidixic acid, niaproof 4, sodium bromate; but not in the presence of pH 5, 8% NaCl, fusidic acid, troleandomycin, rifamycin SV, minocycline, gelatin, lincomycin, guanidine HCl, vancomycin tetrazolium violet, tetrazolium blue.

In API 20NE system, positive for arginine dihydrolase, urease, esculin hydrolysis, D-glucose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-D-glucosamine, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate, and potassium gluconate. Negative for the reduction of nitrates (NO 3) to nitrite (NO 2 -), reduction of nitrates (NO 3) to nitrogen (N 2), indole production on tryptophan, glucose fermentation, gelatin hydrolysis, β -galactosidase, L-arabinose, D-maltose, capric acid, and phenylacetic acid.

In API 32GN system, positive for D-ribose, inositol, D-saccharose (sucrose), N -acetyl-glucosamine, suberic acid, lactic acid, D-mannitol, D-glucose, salicin, L-arabinose, and 4-hydroxybenzoic acid. Negative for L-rhamnose, D-maltose, itaconic acid, sodium malonate, sodium acetate, L-alanine, potassium 5-ketogluconate, glycogen, 3-hydroxybenzoic acid, L-serine, D-melibiose, D-fucose, D-sorbitol, propionic acid, capric acid, valeric acid, trisodium citrate, L-histidine, potassium 2-ketogluconate, 3-hydroxybutyric acid, and L-proline. Strain 16B04G (= NIBRBAC000500521) was isolated from a soil sample.