Flavobacterium limicola HME

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 : 142

Description of Flavobacterium limicola HME 8432

Cells are Gram­staining­negative, non­flagellated, nonpigmented and rod­shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, entire and yellow­colored after 2 days on R2A at 30°C. Positive for esculin hydrolysis and β ­galactosidase in API 20NE, but negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease and gelatinase. D­Mannose, D­maltose and malic acid are utilized. Does not utilize D­glucose, L­arabinose, D­mannitol, N ­acetyl­glucosamine, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid. Strain HME8473 (= NIBRBA0000114090) has been isolated from a freshwater sample, Gyoungan stream, Korea.