Massilia aurea HME

Kim, Pil Soo, Cha, Chang-Jun, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Chun, Jongsik, Im, Wan-Taek, Jahng, Kwang Yeop, Jeon, Che Ok, Joh, Kiseong, Kim, Seung Bum, Seong, Chi Nam, Yoon, Jung-Hoon & Bae, Jin-Woo, 2016, A report of 21 unreported bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the Betaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 5 (1), pp. 179-187 : 184

Description of Massilia aurea HME 9229

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, flagellated, non-pigmented, and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, translucent and yellow-colored after 2 days of incubation on R2A at 30℃. Positive for cytochrome oxidase, esculin hydrolysis and β -galactosidase, but negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, arginine dihydrolase, urease, gelatinase and glucose fermentation in API 20NE test. D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-maltose, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid are utilized. Strain HME9229 (2013-2-100) (= NIBRBA0000114393) has been isolated from lagoon, Gangneung, Gangwon-do, Korea.