Devosia lucknowensis

Liu, Qingmei, Kim, Seung-Bum, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Joh, Kiseong, Seong, Chi-Nam, Jeon, Che-Ok, Kim, Wonyong & Im, Myung Kyum Kim and Wan-Taek, 2019, Description of 42 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the class Alphaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 8 (4), pp. 351-364 : 356

Description of Devosia lucknowensis Wi-122

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, flagellated, and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, and white color after 2 days on R2A at 30°C. Positive for urease, esculin hydrolysis and β -galactosidase in API 20NE, but negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, and gelatinase. D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, and D-maltose are utilized. Does not utilize D-mannose, adipic acid, malic acid, potassium gluconate, trisodium citrate, phenylacetic acid, and capric acid. Strain Wi-122 (= NIBRBAC000502444) has been isolated from sludge, Seoul Tancheon Recreation Center, Korea.