Dermacoccus barathri KYW

Kim, Mi-Sun, Lee, Ji-Hee, Kim, Seung-Bum, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Lee, Soon Dong, Joh, Ki-seong, Cha, Chang-Jun, Im, Wan-Taek, Bae, Jin-Woo, Jahng, Kwangyeop & Seong, Hana Yi and Chi-Nam, 2017, Unrecorded bacterial species belonging to the phylum Actinobacteria originated from Republic of Korea, Journal of Species Research 6 (1), pp. 25-41 : 32

Description of Dermacoccus barathri KYW 950

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and coccoid-shaped. Colonies are circular, entire, convex and light yellow-colored after 3 days on MA at 25°C. Negative for arginine dihydrolase, esculin hydrolysis, β -galactosidase, gelatinase, glucose fermentation, indole production, nitrate reduction and urease in API 20NE. D-Glucose, malic acid, D-maltose and potassium gluconate are utilized. Does not utilize N -acetyl-glucosamine, adipic acid, L-arabinose, capric acid, D-mannitol, Dmannose, phenylacetic acid and trisodium citrate. Strain KYW950 (= NIBRBAC000497927) has been isolated from a sea water sample, Gwangyang Bay, Gwangyang, Jeonnam Province, Korea.