Lactobacillus brevis WT

Kim, Haneul, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Cha, Chang-Jun, Seong, Chi Nam, Im, Wan-Taek, Jahng, Kwang Yeop, Jeon, Che Ok, Kim, Seung Bum & Joh, Kiseong, 2016, A report of 26 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes, Journal of Species Research 5 (1), pp. 166-178 : 175

Description of Lactobacillus brevis WT 2K-1

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, raised, entire and white colored after 2 days of incubation on R2 A at 25°C. Oxidase- activity is negative. In the API 20NE strip, glucose fermentation, esculin hydrolysis and β -galactosidase activity and assimilation of D-glucose, L-arabinose and D-mannitol are positive, but nitrate reduction, indole production, arginine dihydrolase, urease and gelatinase activities and assimilation of D-mannose, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid. Strain WT 2K-1 (= NIBRBA0000114227) has been isolated from a kimchi sample, Daejeon, Korea .