Collimonas pratensis MWS

Kim, Pil Soo, Cha, Chang-Jun, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Chun, Jongsik, Im, Wan-Taek, Jahng, Kwang Yeop, Jeon, Che Ok, Joh, Kiseong, Kim, Seung Bum, Seong, Chi Nam, Yoon, Jung-Hoon & Bae, Jin-Woo, 2016, A report of 21 unreported bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the Betaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 5 (1), pp. 179-187 : 182

Description of Collimonas pratensis MWS 11

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, non-pigmented, and rod-shaped. Colonies are irregular, smooth, convex, glistening and yellowish white-colored after 2 days of incubation on R2A at 25℃. Positive for cytochrome oxidase, nitrate reduction, arginine dihydrolase, urease, esculin hydrolysis, gelatinase and β -galactosidase, but negative for indole production and glucose fermentation in API 20NE test. D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N-acetyl-glucosamine, potassium gluconate, malic acid and trisodium citrate are utilized. Strain MWS11 (2013-2-027) (= NIBRBA) has been isolated from freshwater sample, Miryang, Gyeo- ngsangnam-do, Korea.