A report of 5 unrecorded bacterial species of the Deinococcus genus in Korea
Author
Lee, Jae-Jin
Author
Kang, Myung-Suk
Author
Joo, Eun Sun
Author
Kim, Myung Kyum
text
Journal of Species Research
2016
2016-02-29
5
1
22
26
http://dx.doi.org/10.12651/jsr.2016.5.1.022
journal article
10.12651/JSR.2016.5.1.022
2713-8615
12753515
Description of
Deinococcus grandis
JJ
521
Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, and short rod-shaped. Colonies are circular and pinkish-colored after 3 days of incubation on
R
2A at 25°C. Positive for esculin hydrolysis and β-galactosidase in API 20NE, but negative for arginine dihydrolase, gelatinase, glucose fermentation, indole production, nitrate reduction, and urease.
N
-acetyl-glucosamine, adipic acid, D-glucose, malic acid, D-maltose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, and potassium gluconate are utilized. Does not utilize L-arabinose, capric acid, phenylacetic acid, and trisodium citrate. Strain JJ521 (= NIBRBA0000115049) has been isolated from a forest soil sample, Changwon,
South Korea
.