Microbacterium lacus DR

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 : 231

Description of Microbacterium lacus DR 7-12

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and rod shaped. Colonies are entire, convex and yellow colored after 3 days on R2A at 30°C. Positive for esculin hydrolysis, β -galactosidase and urease, but negative for nitrate reduction, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, indole production and gelatinase in API 20NE. D-maltose, D-mannose and D-mannitol are utilized. Does not utilize D-glucose, L-arabinose, N -acetyl-glucosamine, potassium gluconate, malic acid, trisodium citrate, phenylacetic acid, capric acid and adipic acid. Strain DR7-12 (= NIBRBA0000114192) has been isolated from plant root, Daejeon, Korea.