Description of Burkholderia contaminans BT 358

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, and rod shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, smooth, and white colored after 3 days of incubation at 25℃ on R2 A. Positive for arginine dihydrolase, urease, and gelatinase activities. Negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, esculin hydrolysis, and β -galactosidase activity.D- Glucose, L- arabinose, potassium gluconate, malic acid, and trisodium citrate and are utilized. Does not utilize D- mannose, D- mannitol, N -acetylglucosamine, D- maltose, capric acid, adipic acid, and phenylacetic acid. Strain BT 358 (= NIBRBAC000502988) was isolated from a soil sample, Jeju, Korea.