Microbacterium esteraromaticum 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 : 33

Description of Microbacterium esteraromaticum KHC 15

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, flagellated and coccibacillus. Colonies are circular and cream-colored after 3 days on NA at 25°C. Positive for esculin hydrolysis, β -galactosidase and nitrate reduction in API 20NE, but negative for arginine dihydrolase, gelatinase, glucose fermentation, indole production and urease. Utilize N -acetyl-glucosamine, L-arabinose, D-glucose, D-maltose, D-mannitol, D-mannose and potassium gluconate, but not utilize adipic acid, capric acid, malic acid, phenylacetic acid and trisodium citrate. Strain KHC15 (= NIBRBAC000497842) has been isolated from Gut of Red-crowned Crane ( Grus japonensis ), Gyeonggi Province, Korea.