Novosphingobium soli RM

Han, Ji Yeon, Lim, Oung Bin, Chea, So-Yi, Lee, Hyosun, Lee, Ki-Eun, Cha, In-Tae & Kim, Won-Jae Chi and Dong-Uk, 2022, A report on 20 unrecorded bacterial species of Korea isolated from soil in 2021, Journal of Species Research 11 (4), pp. 310-320 : 317

Description of Novosphingobium soli RM 1

Cells are Gram-satin-negative and rod-shaped. Cell size is 0.8-1.0 μm. Colonies are circular, smooth, entire, and yellow pigmented after 3 days of incubation at 28°C on R2A. Positive for reduction of β -glucosidase (esculin hydrolysis), D-glucose, D-maltose, and malate; but negative for nitrates to nitrite (NO - 3> NO 2 -), reduction of nitrates to nitrogen, indole production, glucose acidification, arginine dihydrolase, urease, protease (gelatin hydrolysis), β -Galactosidase (PNPG), L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-D-glucosamine, gluconate, caprate, adipate, citrate, and phenyl-acetate. Utilizes D-glucose, valerate, 3-hydroxy-butyrate, 4-hydroxy-benzoate, L-proline, L-rhamnose, D-sucrose, D-maltose, and acetate; but does not utilize D-mannitol, salicin, D-melibiose, L-fucose, D-sorbitol, L-arabinose, propionate, caprate, citrate, L-histidine, 2-ketogluconate, N -acetyl-D-glucosamine, D-ribose, inositol, itaconate, suberate, malonate, lactate, L-alanine, 5-ketogluconate, glycogen, 3-hydroxy-ben- zoate, and L-serine. Enzymatic activity reaction was positive for alkaline phosphatase, esterase (C4), esterase lipase (C8), leucine arylamidase, valine arylamidase, acid phosphatase, naphtol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase, α -gluco- sidase, and β -glucosidase; but negative for lipase (C14), cystine arylamidase, trypsin, α -chymotrypsin, α -galacto- sidase, β -galactosidase, β -glucuronidase, N -acetyl- β -glu- cosaminidase, α -mannosidase, and α -fucosidase. Strain RM1 (= NIBRBAC000509139) was isolated from an agricultural soil sample, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea.