Leifsonia soli MA

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 : 9

Description of Leifsonia soli MA 9

Cells are flagellated and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular and yellow-colored after 2 days on MA at 25℃. Positive reactions are obtained for urease, esculin hydrolysis and β-galactosidase in API 20NE, and negative reactions are obtained for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase and gelatinase. D­glucose and D­mannose are utilized. Does not utilize L­arabinose, D­mannitol, N ­acetyl­glucosamine, D­maltose, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid. Strain MA 9 (= NIBRBA0000113962 ) was isolated from a forest soil sample, Gwanak Mountain , Seoul, Korea.