Mycobacterium chubuense WS

Kim, Mi-Sun, Lee, Ji-Hee, Kang, Joo-Won, Kim, Seung-Bum, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Joh, Ki-seong, Cha, Chang-Jun, Im, Wan-Taek, Bae, Jin-Woo, Jahng, Kwang-Yeop, Jeon, Che-Ok & Seong, Chi-Nam, 2016, A report of 38 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the phylum Actinobacteria, Journal of Species Research 5 (2), pp. 223-234 : 226

Description of Mycobacterium chubuense WS 50

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and rod-shaped. Colonies are entire, convex, opaque and yellow colored after 3 days on R2A at 25°C. Positive for nitrate production in API 20NE, but negative for glucose fermentation, urease, esculin hydrolysis β -galactosidase, indole production, arginine dihydrolase and gelatinase. DGlucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, malic acid, trisodium citrate, capric acid, adipic acid and phenylacetic acid are not utilized. Strain WS50 (= NIBRBA 0000114431) has been isolated from freshwater, Woopo wetland, Gyeongnam Province, Korea.