Rhodococcus equi (Goodfellow and Alderson, 1977)

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 equi UKS-28

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and rod­shaped. Colonies are circular, raised, entire and yellow­colored after 2 days of incubation on R2A at 25°C. Positive reaction is obtained for nitrate reduction in API 20NE, and negative reactions are obtained for indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease, esculin hydrolysis, gelatinase and β-galactosidase. Malic acid is utilized. Does not utilize D­glucose, L­arabinose, D­mannose, D­mannitol, N ­acetyl­glucosamine, D­maltose, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid. Strain UKS­28 (= NIBRBA0000113883) was isolated from a wetland sample, Ungok­ri, Gochang, Chonbuk, Korea.