Pedobacter caeni WS

Han, Ji Yeon, Lim, Oung Bin, Chea, So-Yi, Lee, Hyosun, Lee, Ki-Eun, Cha, In-Tae & Kim, Won-Jae Chi and Dong-Uk, 2022, A report on 20 unrecorded bacterial species of Korea isolated from soil in 2021, Journal of Species Research 11 (4), pp. 310-320 : 319

Description of Pedobacter caeni WS 11

Cells are Gram-stain-negative and rod-shaped. Cell size is 1.0-1.2 μm. Colonies are irregular, smooth, entire, and white pigmented after 3 days of incubation at 28°C on R2A. Positive for reduction of β -glucosidase (esculin hydrolysis), β -Galactosidase (PNPG), D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, N -acetyl-D-glucosamine, D-maltose, and malate; but negative for nitrates to nitrite (NO - 3> NO 2 -), reduction of nitrates to nitrogen, indole production, glucose acidification, arginine dihydrolase, urease, protease (gelatin hydrolysis), D-mannitol, gluconate, caprate, adipate, citrate, and phenyl-acetate. Utilizes D-glucose, salicin, D-melibiose, L-arabinose, N -acetyl-D-glucosamine, D-sucrose, and D-maltose; but does not utilize D-mannitol, L-fucose, D-sorbitol, propionate, caprate, valerate, citrate, L-histidine, 2-ketoglu- conate, 3-hydroxy-butyrate, 4-hydroxy-benzoate, L-proline, L-rhamnose, D-ribose, inositol, itaconate, suberate, malonate, acetate, lactate, L-alanine, 5-ketogluconate, glycogen, 3-hydroxy-benzoate, and L-serine. Enzymatic activity reaction was positive for alkaline phosphatase, esterase (C4), esterase lipase (C8), leucine arylamidase, valine arylamidase, trypsin, α -chymotrypsin, acid phosphatase, naphtol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase, α -galactosidase, β -galactosidase, α -glucosidase, β -glucosidase, N -acetyl- β -glucosaminidase, and α -mannosidase; but negative for lipase (C14), cystine arylamidase, β -glucuronidase, and α -fucosidase. Strain WS11 (= NIBRBAC000509143) was isolated from an agricultural soil sample, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea.