Frondihabitans cladoniiphilus

Kim, Mi-Sun, Lee, Ji-Hee, Kang, Joo-Won, Kim, Seung-Bum, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Joh, Ki-seong, Cha, Chang-Jun, Im, Wan-Taek, Bae, Jin-Woo, Jahng, Kwang-Yeop, Jeon, Che-Ok & Seong, Chi-Nam, 2016, A report of 38 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the phylum Actinobacteria, Journal of Species Research 5 (2), pp. 223-234 : 230

Description of Frondihabitans cladoniiphilus TMIL-2

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and rod shaped. Colonies are irregular, smooth, glistening and yellow-colored after 3 days on R2A at 25°C. Positive for nitrate reduction, esculin hydrolysis and β -galactosidase in API 20NE, but negative for indole production, urease, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase and gelatinase. Utilize D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose and potassium gluconate, but not utilize capric acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate, phenylacetic acid and adipic acid. Strain TMIL-2 (= NIBRBA0000114323) has been isolated from a freshwater sample, Milyang, Gyeongnam Province, Korea.