Xanthobacter flavus IK

Liu, Qingmei, Kim, Seung-Bum, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Joh, Ki-seong, Cha, Chang-Jun, Chun, Jong-sik, Seong, Chi-Nam, Bae, Jin-Woo, Jahng, Kwang-Yeop, Jeon, Che-Ok & Im, Wan-Taek, 2015, A report of 29 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the Alphaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 4 (2), pp. 97-108 : 105

Description of Xanthobacter flavus IK 20

Cells are Gram­staining­negative, non­flagellated, nonpigmented, and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, entire and yellow colored after 3 days on 1/10 R2A at 25°C. Positive for nitrate reduction, arginine dihydrolase and urease in API 20NE, but negative for indole production, glucose fermentation, esculin hydrolysis, gelatinase and β -galactosidase. D-Glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, malic acid, trisodium citrate and potassium gluconate is utilized. Does not utilize N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, capric acid, adipic acid and phenylacetic acid. Strain IK20 (= NIBRBA0000113911) has been isolated from a freshwater sample, Incheon, Korea.