Staphylococcus hominis subsp. novobiosepticus ST

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 Staphylococcus hominis subsp. novobiosepticus ST 5-08

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, flagellated and coccus-shaped. Colonies are circular, glistening, butyrous, and beige colored after 2 days on TSA at 30°C. Oxidaseactivity is negative. In the API 20NE strip, nitrate reduction, and urease activity are positive, but indole production, glucose fermentation, esculin hydrolysis, arginine dihydrolase, gelatinase and β -galactosidase activities and assimilation of D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid are negative. Strain ST5-08 (= NIBRBA0000114182) has been isolated from a plant root sample, Daejeon, Korea.