Longispora urticae, Piao et al., 2017

Kim, Mi-Sun, Kim, Seung-Bum, Cha, Chang-Jun, Im, Wan-Taek, Kim, Won-Yong, Kim, Myung-Kyum, Jeon, Che-Ok, Yi, Hana, Yoon, Jung-Hoon & Seong, Hyung-Rak Kim and Chi-Nam, 2021, Description of unrecorded bacterial species belonging to the phylum Actinobacteria in Korea, Journal of Species Research 10 (1), pp. 23-45 : 36

Description of Longispora urticae R 21

Cells are aerobic, Gram­staining­positive, non­flagellated and rod shaped. Colonies are circular and yellowish white colored after incubation for 3 days on R2 A agar at 10-37℃. In the API 20NE system, positive reaction for nitrate reduction, hydrolysis of gelatin, β-galactosidase activity, oxidase activity and utilization of potassium gluconate. In the API 20NE system, negative reaction for indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease activity, hydrolysis of esculin and utilization of Dglucose, L­arabinose, D­mannose, D­mannitol, N ­acetyl­glucosamine, D­maltose, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid. Strain R21 (= NIBRBAC000503218) was isolated from a soil in Yeongwol, Gangwon Province, Korea (37°15′38.4″N 128° 36′28.7″E) .