Mycobacterium algericum

Lee, Na-Young, Cha, Chang-Jun, Im, Wan-Taek, Kim, Seung-Bum, Seong, Chi-Nam, Bae, Jin-Woo, Jahng, Kwang Yeop, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Joh, Kiseong, Jeon, Che Ok & Lee, Hana Yi and Soon Dong, 2018, A report of 42 unrecorded actinobacterial species in Korea, Journal of Species Research 7 (1), pp. 36-49 : 41

Description of Mycobacterium algericum C6-3

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated, non-pigmented and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, entire and light brown-colored after 22 days on ISP2 at 30° C. Positive for nitrate reduction, esculin hydrolysis and β-galactosidase in API 20NE but negative for indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease and gelatinase. Does not utilize D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, N-acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, gluconate, caprate, adipate, malate, citrate and phenylacetate. Strain C 6-3 (= NIBRBA000498662) has been isolated from natural cave, Jeju, Korea .