Report of eight unrecorded Acetobacter species in Korea, discovered during the survey in 2018 - 2019 Author Heo, Jun Author Won, Miyoung Author Lee, Daseul Author Han, Byeong-Hak Author Kwon, Seung-Beom Hong and Soon-Wo text Journal of Species Research 2022 11 3 155 161 journal article 10.12651/JSR.2022.11.3.155 2713-8615 13139994 Description of Acetobacter lovaniensis KDG-EC 1 ( = KACC 22697) Cells are Gram-stain-negative, motile, non-pigment- ed and rod (0.6-0.7 μm × 1.2-2.2 μm) after 2 days incubation on YPM medium at 28℃. Colonies are round, raised and beige colored with a diameter of 0.5 mm . Catalase-positive and oxidase-negative. Positive for aesculin hydrolysis, but negative for indole production, arginine dihydrolase, urease and gelatin hydrolysis. Does not assimilate any of the substrates embedded on API 20 NE test strip. Acid is produced from L-arabinose, D-ribose, D-xylose, D-galactose, D-glucose, D-mannose and D-fucose, and weakly produced from D-melibiose, gentiobiose and potassium 5-ketogluconate, but not produced from glycerol, erythritol, D-arabinose, L-xylose, D-adonitol, methyl- β -D-xylopyranoside, D-fructose, L-sorbose, L-rhamnose, dulcitol, inositol, D-mannitol, D-sorbitol, methyl- α -D-mannopyranoside, methyl- α -D-glucopyranoside, N -acetylglucosamine, amygdalin, arbutin, esculin ferric citrate, salicin, D-cellobiose, D-maltose, D-lactose, D-saccharose, D-trehalose, inulin, D-melezitose, D-raffinose, amidon, glycogen, xylitol, D-turanose, D-lyxose, D-tagatose, L-fucose, D-arabitol, L-arabitol, potassium gluconate and potassium 2-ketogluconate. Strain KDG-EC1 (= KACC 22697) was isolated from diced radish kimchi sampled at Naju-si. The GenBank accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain KDG-EC1 is ON459619.