Kurthia senegalensis

Kim, Ju-Young, Jang, Jun Hwee, Maeng, Soohyun & Kim, Myung-Suk Kang and Myung Kyum, 2018, A report of 14 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea isolated in 2017, Journal of Species Research 7 (2), pp. 161-180 : 177-178

Description of Kurthia senegalensis H31021

Cells are Gram-stain-positive, and short rod-shaped. Colonies are yellow-colored after 3 days of incubation on R2A at 25°C. In the BIOLOG GEN III, gentiobiose, sucrose, stachyose, D-raffinose, D-galactose, inosine, D-sorbitol, glycerol, D-serine, L-alanine, L-arginine, L-aspartic acid, L-serine, D-gluconic acid, D-glucuronic acid, glucuronamide, and propionic acid are utilized as sole carbon source. But D-trehalose, D-cellobiose, acetoacetic acid, N -acetyl-D-mannosamine, dextrin, Dfructose, D-fructose 6-PO 4, L-galactonic acid lactone, D-galacturonic acid, gelatin, α -D-glucose, L-glutamic acid, α -keto-glutaric acid, L-malic acid, D-maltose, Dmannitol, D-mannose, D-melibiose, β -methyl-D-glucoside, 3-methyl glucose, myo-inositol, pectin, glycyl-L-proline, L-pyroglutamic acid, quinic acid, L-rhamnose, D-turanose acetic acid, N -acetyl-D-galactosamine, N - acetyl-neuraminic acid, N -acetyl-D-glucosamine, γ - amino-butryric acid, D-arabitol, D-aspartic acid, bromo-succinic acid, citric acid, formic acid, D-fucose, L-fucose, D-glucose-6-PO 4, L-histidine, α -hydroxybutyric acid, β -hydroxy-D, L-butyric acid, p -hydroxy-phenylacetic acid, α -keto-butyric acid, L-lactic acid, D-lactic acid methyl ester, α -D-lactose, D-malic acid, methyl pyruvate, mucic acid, D-saccharic acid, D-salicin, and tween 40 are not utilized. In sensitivity tests, the tetrazolium redox dye is reduced in the presence of potassium tellurite and aztreonam but not 1% NaCl, 1% sodium lactate, 4% NaCl, 8% NaCl, guanidine HCl, lithium chloride, pH 6, D-serine, sodium butyrate, tetrazolium violet fusidic acid, lincomycin, minocycline, nalidixic acid, niaproof 4, pH 5, rifamycin SV, sodium bromate, tetrazolium blue, troleandomycin, and vancomycin.

Nitrate reduction and indole production are negative (API 20NE). In the API 20NE and ID 32GN systems, positive for N -acetyl-β-glucosaminidase, acid phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase, α -chymotrypsin, cystine arylamidase, α -galactosidase, β -galactosidase (PNPG), α - glucosidase (starch hydrolysis), β -glucosidase (esculin hydrolysis), leucine arylamidase, naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase, trypsin, and valine arylamidase. Negative for arginine dihydrolase, α -fucosidase, β -glucuronidase, acetate, N -acetyl-D-glucosamine, adipate, L-arabinose, caprate, citrate, gluconate, D-glucose, L-malate, D-maltose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, and phenyl acetate, lipase (C14), α -mannosidase, protease (gelatin hydrolysis), and urease.

Strain H31021 (= NIBRBAC000500526) was isolated from a soil sample, Seoul, Nowon-gu Gongneung-dong, Korea.