Brevibacillus fortis MBLB2443

Hwang, Chi Young, Cho, Eui-Sang, Jung, Dong-Hyun, Lee, Ki-Eun, Cha, In-Tae & Seo, Won-Jae Chi and Myung-Ji, 2023, A report of seven unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, isolated from marine sediment, Journal of Species Research 12 (2), pp. 158-164 : 161

Description of Brevibacillus fortis MBLB2443

Cells are Gram-stain-positive, flagellated, and rod-shaped cells with 0.7-0.9 μm in width by 3.0-3.2 μm in length. Colonies are white-cream color, circular, and convex after two days of incubation on R2 A at 30℃. Catalase activity is negative, but oxidase activity is positive. Growth occurs in the 10-35℃ (optimum, 30℃) at 0-3% NaCl (optimum, 1%) at pH 5.0-8.0 (optimum, pH 7.0). In API 20NE test, positive for the reduction of nitrates (NO 3) to nitrite (NO 2 -); but negative for indole production, D- glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease activity, esculin and gelatin hydrolysis, and β -galactosidase activity. In API 32GN test, D- glucose, L- arabinose, L- histidine, 3-hydroxy-butyrate, N -acetyl-D- glucosamine, D- ribose, D- sucrose, acetate, L- alanine, and L- serine are utilized; but D- mannitol, salicin, D- melibiose, L- fucose, D- sorbitol, propionate, caprate, valerate, citrate, 2-ketogluconate, 4-hydroxy-benzoate, L- proline, L- rhamnose, inositol, D- maltose, itaconate, suberate, malonate, lactate, 5-ketogluconate, glycogen, and 3-hydroxy-benzoate are not utilized as a sole energy source. The NCBI accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence is OP080647. Strain MBLB2443 (= NIBRBAC000509760) was isolated from a marine sediment from East Sea , Uljin-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea (36°42′21.8″N, 129°35′0.7″E) .