Gordonia aichiensis BE

Lee, Na-Young, Cha, Chang-Jun, Im, Wan-Taek, Kim, Seung-Bum, Seong, Chi-Nam, Bae, Jin-Woo, Jahng, Kwang Yeop, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Joh, Kiseong, Jeon, Che Ok & Lee, Hana Yi and Soon Dong, 2018, A report of 42 unrecorded actinobacterial species in Korea, Journal of Species Research 7 (1), pp. 36-49 : 42

Description of Gordonia aichiensis BE 5-3

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated, non-pigmented and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, entire and orange yellow-colored after 5 days on TSA at 30°C. Positive for nitrate reduction and urease in API 20NE, weakly positive for esculin hydrolysis but negative for indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, gelatinase and β-galactosidase. Does not utilize D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, N-acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, gluconate, caprate, adipate, malate, citrate and phenylacetate. Strain BE5-3 (= NIBRBA000498659) has been isolated from mud flat, Eulsukdo, Busan, Korea.