Rhodococcus jostii MK

Choi, Jung-Hye, Cha, Ju-Hee, Bae, Jin-Woo, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Chun, Jongsik, Im, Wan-Taek, Jahng, Kwang Yeop, Jeon, Che Ok, Joh, Kiseong, Kim, Seung Bum, Seong, Chi Nam, Yoon, Jung-Hoon & Cha, Chang-Jun, 2016, Report on 31 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea that belong to the phylum Actinobacteria, Journal of Species Research 5 (1), pp. 1-13 : 5

Description of Rhodococcus jostii MK 5-14

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and rod­shaped. Colonies are circular, entire, smooth and beige colored after 2 days on MA at 30°C. Negative reactions are obtained for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease, esculin hydrolysis, gelatinase and β-galactosidase in API 20NE. D­glucose, L­arabinose, D­mannose, D­mannitol, N ­acetyl­glucosamine, potassium gluconate, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid are utilized. Does not utilize D­maltose and capric acid. Strain MK5­14 (= NIBRBA0000113950) was isolated from a sample of ginseng field, Iljuk, Anseong, Korea.