Sphingobium czechense MMS

Liu, Qingmei, Kim, Seung-Bum, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Joh, Kiseong, Seong, Chi-Nam, Jeon, Che-Ok, Kim, Wonyong & Im, Myung Kyum Kim and Wan-Taek, 2019, Description of 42 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the class Alphaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 8 (4), pp. 351-364 : 363

Description of Sphingobium czechense MMS 18- GA122

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated, and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, smooth, and yellow color after 3 days on R2A at 30°C. Positive for β -galactosidase and esculin hydrolysis, while negative for nitrate reduction, arginine dihydrolase, indole production, urease, and glucose fermentation in API 20NE. Utilizes D-glucose, L-arabinose, and D-maltose. Does not utilize D-mannose, potassium gluconate, D-mannitol, N - acetyl-glucosamine, adipic acid, capric acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate, and phenylacetic acid. Strain MMS18- GA122 (= NIBRBAC000502563) has been isolated from soil, Daejeon, Korea.