Ochrobactrum pituitosum MU

Liu, Qingmei, Kim, Seung-Bum, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Joh, Ki-seong, Cha, Chang-Jun, Chun, Jong-sik, Seong, Chi-Nam, Bae, Jin-Woo, Jahng, Kwang-Yeop, Jeon, Che-Ok & Im, Wan-Taek, 2015, A report of 29 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the Alphaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 4 (2), pp. 97-108 : 103

Description of Ochrobactrum pituitosum MU 5-14

Cells are Gram­staining­negative, flagellated, pigmented, and rod-shaped. Colonies are punctiform, entire, smooth and light yellow colored after 2 days on MA at 30°C. Positive for nitrate reduction and urea in API 20NE, but negative for indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, gelatinase, and β -galactosidase. Does not utilize D-mannitol, D-maltose, capric acid, adipic acid and phenylacetic acid but utilize D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, N -acetyl-glucosamine, potassium gluconate, malic acid, trisodium citrate. Strain MU5- 14 (= NIBRBA0000113955) has been isolated from ginseng soil, Anseong, Korea.