Virgibacillus carmonensis AMA2302

Nahar, Shamsun, Lee, Do-Hoon, Bae, Jin-Woo, Im, Wan-Taek, Jahng, Kwang Yeop, Joh, Kiseong, Kim, Wonyong, Lee, Soon Dong & Cha, Hana Yi and Chang-Jun, 2018, Report on 30 unrecorded bacterial species of the phylum Firmicutes isolated from Korea in 2016, Journal of Species Research 7 (1), pp. 50-59 : 57

Description of Virgibacillus carmonensis AMA2302

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, flagellated and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular and pale pink-colored after 2 days of incubation on MA at 20°C. Positive for nitrate reduction, gelatin hydrolysis and β -galactosidase activity. Negative for indole production, fermentation of D- glucose, L- arginine and urea and esculin hydrolysis. Utilizes L- arabinose and potassium gluconate. Does not utilize D- glucose, D- mannose, D- mannitol, N -acetylglucosamine, D- maltose, caprate, adipate, malate, trisodium citrate and phenylacetate. Strain AMA2302 (= NIBRBAC000498402) was isolated from blackfaced spoonbill feces.