Description of unrecorded bacterial species belonging to the phylum Actinobacteria in Korea Author Kim, Mi-Sun Department of Biology, Sunchon National University, Suncheon 57922, Republic of Korea Author Kim, Seung-Bum Department of Microbiology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Republic of Korea Author Cha, Chang-Jun Department of Biotechnology, Chung-Ang University, Anseong 17546, Republic of Korea Author Im, Wan-Taek Department of Biotechnology, Hankyong National University, Anseong 17579, Republic of Korea Author Kim, Won-Yong Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea Author Kim, Myung-Kyum Department of Bio & Environmental Technology, Division of Environmental & Life Science, College of Natural Science, Seoul Women’s University, Seoul 01797, Republic of Korea Author Jeon, Che-Ok Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea Author Yi, Hana School of Biosystem and Biomedical Science, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea Author Yoon, Jung-Hoon Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea Author Seong, Hyung-Rak Kim and Chi-Nam text Journal of Species Research 2021 10 1 23 45 journal article 10.12651/JSR.2021.10.1.023 2713-8615 12753239 Description of Nocardioides phosphati BT 343 Cells are aerobic, Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and rod shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, smooth and white colored after incubation for 3 days on R2 A agar at 25℃. In the API 20NE system, positive reaction for nitrate reduction, arginine dihydrolase, urease activity and utilization of D-glucose, L-arabinose (weak), N ­acetyl­glucosamine (weak), potassium gluconate, capric acid (weak), adipic acid (weak), malic acid and trisodium citrate. In the API 20NE system, negative reaction for indole production, glucose fermentation, hydrolysis of esculin and gelatin, β-galactosidase activity, oxidase activity and utilization of D­mannose, D­mannitol, D­maltose and phenylacetic acid. Strain BT343 ( = NIBRBAC000502998) was isolated from soil in Jeju Island , Korea ( 33°28′30.5″N 126°30′ 39.4″E ).