Staphylococcus nepalensis PR

Nahar, Shamsun, Lee, Do-Hoon, Bae, Jin-Woo, Im, Wan-Taek, Jahng, Kwang Yeop, Joh, Kiseong, Kim, Wonyong, Lee, Soon Dong & Cha, Hana Yi and Chang-Jun, 2018, Report on 30 unrecorded bacterial species of the phylum Firmicutes isolated from Korea in 2016, Journal of Species Research 7 (1), pp. 50-59 : 58

Description of Staphylococcus nepalensis PR 23304

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and coccoid-shaped. Colonies are circular and white-colored after 2 days of incubation on R2A at 37°C. Positive for nitrate reduction, urea fermentation, esculin hydrolysis and β -galactosidase activity. Negative for indole production, fermentation of D- glucose and L- arginine and gelatin hydrolysis. Utilizes D- glucose, D- mannose, D- mannitol, N -acetylglucosamine, D- maltose, potassium gluconate, adipate, malate, trisodium citrate and phenylacetate, but does not utilize L- arabinose and caprate. Strain PR23304 (= NIBRBAC000498388) was isolated from blackfaced spoonbill feces.