Acinetobacter lwoffii KHN

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 : 116

Description of Acinetobacter lwoffii KHN 15

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, non-pigmented and coccoid-shaped. Colonies are circular and cream-colored after 3 days of incubation on TSA at 25° C. Negative for arginine dihydrolase, cytochrome oxidase, esculin hydrolysis, β -galactosidase, gelatinase, glucose fermentation, indole production, nitrates reduction and urease in API 20NE test. Capric acid, malic acid and phenylacetic acid are utilized. Strain KHN15 (= NIBRBAC000497835 ) has been isolated from gut of Japanese crested ibis ( Nipponia nippon ), Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do, Korea .