Cupriavidus pauculus NC

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 : 186

Description of Cupriavidus pauculus NC 3Y-10-3

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, flagellated, non-pigmented, and rod-shaped. Colonies are punctiform, entire, smooth, flat and white-colored after 3 days of incubation on MA at 30℃. Positive for urease, but negative for cytochrome oxidase, esculin hydrolysis, gelatinase, nitrate reduction, arginine dihydrolase, β -galactosidase, indole production and glucose fermentation in API 20NE test. Potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid and trisodium citrate are utilized. Strain NC3Y-10-3 (= NIBRBA0000114280) has been isolated from ginseng farm, Anseong, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.