Sphingomonas faeni JJ

Jin, Hyun Mi, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Kim, Seung-Bum, Jahng, Kwang-Yeop, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Joh, Ki-seong, Cha, Chang-Jun, Seong, Chi-Nam, Bae, Jin-Woo, Im, Wan-Taek & Jeon, Che-Ok, 2016, A report of 42 unrecorded bacterial species belonging to the Alphaproteobacteria in Korea, Journal of Species Research 5 (2), pp. 206-219 : 217

Description of Sphingomonas faeni JJ 9002

Cells are Gram-staining- negative, flagellated, and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, and yellow colored after 2 days on R2A agar at 25°C. Positive for esculin hydrolysis and β -galactosidase activity. Negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, and arginine dihydrolase, urease, and gelatinase activities. D-Glucose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, malic acid, and trisodium citrate are utilized. Does not utilize L-arabinose, D-mannose, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, and phenylacetic acid. Strain JJ9002 (= NIBRBA0000114153) was isolated from a freshwater sample, Wanju-gun, Korea.