Deinococcus humi BE

Chun, Jeesun, Bae, Jin-Woo, Cha, Chang-Jun, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Chun, Jongsik, Im, Wan-Taek, Jeon, Che Ok, Joh, Kiseong, Kim, Seung Bum, Seong, Chi Nam, Yoon, Jung-Hoon & Jahng, Kwang Yeop, 2015, Report on 14 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea that belong to the phyla Bacteroidetes and Deinococcus-Thermus, Journal of Species Research 4 (2), pp. 137-144 : 140

Description of Deinococcus humi BE 4-4

Cells are Gram­staining­negative, non­flagellated, nonpigmented and short rod­shaped. Colonies are circular, raised, entire and orange­colored after 2 days of incubation on R2 A at 25° C. Positive for β ­galactosidase in API 20NE, but negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease, esculin hydrolysis and gelatinase. Does not utilize Dglucose, L­arabinose, D­mannose, D­mannitol, N ­acetyl­glucosamine, D­maltose, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid. Strain BE 4­4 (= NIBRBA0000113903) has been isolated from a plant sample, Daejeon, Korea .