Geobacillus kaustophilus NF

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 : 57

Description of Geobacillus kaustophilus NF 3-3-1

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, slightly convex and pale yellow-colored after 3 days of incubation on R2A at 25°C. Positive for esculin hydrolysis, but negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, fermentation of D- glucose, L- arginine and urea, gelatin hydrolysis and β -galactosidase activity. Utilizes D- glucose, L- arabinose, D- mannose, D- mannitol, N -acetylglucosamine and potassium gluconate. Does not utilizes D- maltose, caprate, adipate, malate, trisodium citrate and phenylacetate. Strain NF3-3-1 (= NIBRBAC000498581) was isolated from ginseng soil.