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 Rhodococcus phenolicus VT2414 Cells are Gram-staining positive, non-flagellated, and coccus-shaped. Colonies are circular, smooth, convex, and ivory colored after 2 days of incubation on TSA at 20℃. Sodium lactate, D- lactic acid, L- lactic acid, L- malic acid, succinic acid, Tween 40, potassium tellurite, β -butryric acid, acetoacetic acid, propionic acid, acetic acid, and sodium butyrate are utilized as the sole source of carbon (Biolog GEN III ). Positive for following enzyme activities: reduction of nitrates, alkaline phosphatase, esterase (C4), esterase lipase (C8), leucine arylamidase, acid phosphatase, and naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase ( API ZYM and API 20NE). Positive for the utilization of following substrates: valerate, 3-hydroxy-butyrate, suberate, acetate, D, L- lactate, and 3-hydroxy-benzoate ( API ID 32 GN ). Strain VT 2412 (= NIBRBAC000499827) 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 65.77 mol %.