Cellulosimicrobium funkei KHC

Kim, Mi-Sun, Lee, Ji-Hee, Kim, Seung-Bum, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Lee, Soon Dong, Joh, Ki-seong, Cha, Chang-Jun, Im, Wan-Taek, Bae, Jin-Woo, Jahng, Kwangyeop & Seong, Hana Yi and Chi-Nam, 2017, Unrecorded bacterial species belonging to the phylum Actinobacteria originated from Republic of Korea, Journal of Species Research 6 (1), pp. 25-41 : 35

Description of Cellulosimicrobium funkei KHC 19

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, flagellated and coccibacillus shaped. Colonies are circular and yellow colored after 3 days on R2 A at 25° C. Negative for arginine dihydrolase, gelatinase, glucose fermentation, indole production and urease in API 20NE, but positive for esculin hydrolysis, β -galactosidase and nitrate reduction. Does not utilize N -acetyl-glucosamine, adipic acid, capric acid, malic acid, D-mannitol, phenylacetic acid and trisodium citrate, but utilize L-arabinose, D-glucose, D-mannose, D-maltose and potassium gluconate. Strain KHC19 (= NIBRBAC000497851) has been isolated from Gut of Japanese crested ibis ( Nipponia nippon ), Gyeonggi Province, Korea .