Kocuria rosea (Flugge, 1886) Stackebrandt et al., 1995

Ko, Kwan Su, Cha, Chang-Jun, Im, Wan-Taek, Kim, Seung-Bum, Seong, Chi-Nam, Bae, Jin-Woo, Jahng, Kwangyeop, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Joh, Ki-seong & Lee, Soon Dong, 2017, A report of 34 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the Actinobacteria, Journal of Species Research 6 (1), pp. 1-14 : 11

Description of Kocuria rosea 145-10

Cells are Gram­staining­negative, non­flagellated and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, raised, entire and yellow-colored after 2 days on TSA at 25°C. Positive for nitrate reduction and β­galactosidase in API 20NE but negative for indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease, esculin hydrolysis and gelatinase. D-Glucose, D-maltose and malate are utilized. Does not utilize L-arabinose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, N-acetyl-glucosamine, gluconate, ca prate, adipate, citrate and phenylacetate. Strain 145-10 (= NIBRBA 0000114763) has been isolated from freshwater, Cheongsong, Korea.