A report of 12 unrecorded prokaryotic species isolated from gastrointestinal tracts and feces of various endangered animals in Korea Author Kim, Pil Soo Department of Biology and Department of Life and Nanopharmaceutical Sciences, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea Author Lee, Ki-Eun Microorganism Resources Division, National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon 22689, Republic of Korea Author Tak, Euon Jung Department of Biology and Department of Life and Nanopharmaceutical Sciences, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea Author Bae, Myung-Suk Kang and Jin-Woo text Journal of Species Research 2020 9 1 35 45 journal article 10.12651/JSR.2020.9.1.035 2713-8615 12753636 Description of Arthrobacter rhombi VM2501 Cells are Gram-staining positive, non-flagellated, and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, smooth, convex, and pale-yellow colored after 2 days of incubation on MA at 20℃. D- maltose, D- trehalose, D- cellobiolose, gentiobiose, sucrose, D- turanose, neuraminic acid, α - D- glucose, sodium lactate, D- gluconic acid, nalidixic acid, sodium butyrate, and sodium bromate are utilized as the sole source of carbon (Biolog GEN III ). Positive for following enzyme activities: nitrate reduction, glucose acidification, β -glucosidase, alkaline phosphatase, esterase (C4), esterase lipase (C8), leucine arylamidase, valine arylamidase, cystine arylamidase, trypsin, acid phosphatase, naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase, α -glucosidase, and β -glucosidase ( API ZYM and API 20NE). Positive for the utilization of following substrates: D- mannitol, D- glucose, propionate, caprate, valerate, 3-hydroxy-butyrate, L- proline, D- ribose, D- sucrose, D- maltose, acetate, D, L- lactate, L- alanine, glycogen, and L- serine ( API ID 32 GN ). Strain VM 2501 (= NIBRBAC000499830) was isolated from the feces of an Andean condor ( Vultur gryphus ), Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province , Korea . The DNA G + C content of the type strain is 67.90 mol %.