Description of Phyllobacterium zundukense BT55

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, and short rod shaped. Colonies are circular, smooth, and white colored after 3 days of incubation at 25℃ on R2A. Positive for nitrate reduction. Negative for indole production, glucose fermentation, esculin hydrolysis, and arginine dihydrolase, urease, gelatinase, and β -galactosidase activities. D- Glucose, D- maltose and malic acid are utilized. Does not utilize L- arabinose, D- mannose, D- mannitol, N -acetylglucosamine, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, trisodium citrate, and phenylacetic acid. Strain BT55 (= NIBRBAC000502989) was isolated from a soil sample, Pyeongchang, Korea.