Lactobacillus aquaticus IK

Han, Ji-Hye, Joung, Yochan, Kim, Tae-Su, Bae, Jin-Woo, Cha, Chang-Jun, Chun, Jongsik, Im, Wan-Taek, Jahng, Kwang Yeop, Jeon, Che Ok, Joh, Kiseong, Seong, Chi Nam, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Cho, Jang-Cheon & Kim, Seung Bum, 2015, Report on 24 unrecorded bacterial species of Korea belonging to the phylum Firmicutes, Journal of Species Research 4 (2), pp. 127-136 : 133

Description of Lactobacillus aquaticus IK 36

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated, nonpigmented and rod shaped. Colonies are circular, smooth and white colored after 5 days of incubation on PCA at 25°C. Based on API 20NE, positive for arginine dihydrolase, urease and esculin hydrolysis, but negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, gelatinase and β ­galactosidase. D­Mannose is utilized. Does not utilize D­glucose, L­arabinose, D­mannitol, N ­acetyl­glucosamine, D­maltose, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid. Strain IK36 (= NIBRBA0000113962) was isolated from freshwater, Incheon, Korea.