Gluconobacter oxydans KO.BC

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 : 361

Description of Gluconobacter oxydans KO.BC 1

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, smooth, glistening, and yellowish-white color after 3 days on HS at 28°C. In API 20NE, positive for esculin hydrolysis, but negative for nitrate reduction, glucose fermentation, urease, indole production, arginine dihydrolase, gelatinase, and β -galactosidase. Does not utilize D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate, and phenylacetic acid. Strain KO.BC1 (= NIBRBAC000502318) has been isolated from fermented vinegar, Boryeong, Korea.