Description of Sphingomonas changbaiensis G119

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, and rod shaped. Colonies are circular, entire, and light-yellow colored after 3 days of incubation at 25℃ on R2A. Negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, esculin hydrolysis, and arginine dihydrolase, urease, gelatinase, and β -galactosidase activities. D- Glucose, L- arabinose, D- mannose, D- maltose, and phenylacetic acid are utilized. Does not utilize D- mannitol, N -acetylglucosamine, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, and trisodium citrate. Strain G119 (= NIBRBAC 000503407) was isolated from a soil sample, Yeongju, Korea.