Ewingella americana HMF

Kim, Hyun Sik, Cha, Chang-Jun, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Im, Wan-Taek, Jahng, Kwang Yeop, Jeon, Che Ok, Joh, Kiseong, Kim, Seung Bum, Seong, Chi Nam, Kim, Wonyong, Yi, Hana, Lee, Soon Dong & Bae, Jung-Hoon Yoon and Jin-Woo, 2017, A report on 57 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea in the classes Betaproteobacteria and Gammaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 6 (2), pp. 101-118 : 113

Description of Ewingella americana HMF 3896

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, non-pigmented and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, entire and cream-colored after 3 days of incubation on R2A at 30°C. Positive for esculin hydrolysis, β -galactosidase, glucose fermentation and nitrates reduction, but negative for arginine dihydrolase, cytochrome oxidase, gelatinase, indole production and urease in API 20NE test. N -Acetyl-glucosamine, D-glucose, malic acid, D-maltose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, potassium gluconate and trisodium citrate are utilized. Strain HMF3896 (= NIBRBAC000497902) has been isolated from soil sample, Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.