| Kocuria flava |
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Phylum Actinomycetota, Class Actinomycetes, Order Micrococcales, Family Micrococcaceae, Genus Kocuria, Kocuria flava Zhou et al.
2008.
Species description is based on a single isolate.
2008.
Species description is based on a single isolate.
Gram-positive cocci. Endospores are not formed. Nonmotile. Nonencapsulated.
Colonies are yellow-pigmented. Growth can occur in 10% NaCl. Growth is detected at
28-45 ºC and pH 7.0-9. Aerobic.
28-45 ºC and pH 7.0-9. Aerobic.
Isolated from air samples from Xinjiang, China. Sensitive to kanamycin, ampicillin, carbenicillin, chlortetracycline and erythromycin.
Undetermined.
- Zhou G., Luo X., Tang Y., Zhang L., Yang Q., Qiu Y. and Fang C.: Kocuria flava sp. nov. and Kocuria turfanensis sp. nov., airborne
actinobacteria isolated from Xinjiang, China. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 1304-1307.
Positive results for catalase, beta-galactosidase (weak reaction), nitrate reduction, phosphatase, starch hydrolysis and urease.
Can utilize as sole carbon source beta-cyclodextrin, D-galactose, myo-inositol, D-mannitol, melibiose, methyl alpha-D-galactoside,
palatinose, raffinose, stachyose, D-tagatose, trehalose, D-malic acid, propionic acid, succinamic acid, succinic acid, L-alaninamide,
L-alanyl glycine, L-asparagine, L-glutamic acid, L-pyroglutamic acid, L-serine, putrescine, 2,3-butanediol, 29-deoxyadenosine,
inosine, adenosine 5,-monophosphate, D-fructose 6-phosphate, apha-D-glucose 1-phosphate, D-glucose 6-phosphate and
DL-alpha-glycerol phosphate, dextrin, glycogen, Tweens 40 and 80, D-fructose, alpha-D-glucose, maltose, maltotriose, D-mannose,
D-psicose, D-ribose, D-sorbitol, sucrose, turanose, D-xylose, acetic acid, alpha-, beta- and gamma-hydroxybutyric acids,
alpha-ketovaleric acid, D-lactic acid methyl ester, L-lactic acid, L-malic acid, succinic acid monomethyl ester, pyruvic acid, glycerol,
adenosine, thymidine and uridine
Negative results for gelatinase, beta-glucuronidase, indole production, methyl red test, oxidase, urease and Voges-Proskauer
reaction.
No utilization of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, amygdalin, arbutin, cellobiose, D-galacturonic acid, gentiobiose, lactulose, 3-methyl
D-glucose, lactamide, alanine and uridine 59-monophosphate mannan, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, D-arabitol, L-fucose, methyl
beta-D-galactoside, methyl alpha-D-mannoside, salicin, sedoheptulosan, glycyl Lglutamic acid and thymidine 5'-monophosphate.
Can utilize as sole carbon source beta-cyclodextrin, D-galactose, myo-inositol, D-mannitol, melibiose, methyl alpha-D-galactoside,
palatinose, raffinose, stachyose, D-tagatose, trehalose, D-malic acid, propionic acid, succinamic acid, succinic acid, L-alaninamide,
L-alanyl glycine, L-asparagine, L-glutamic acid, L-pyroglutamic acid, L-serine, putrescine, 2,3-butanediol, 29-deoxyadenosine,
inosine, adenosine 5,-monophosphate, D-fructose 6-phosphate, apha-D-glucose 1-phosphate, D-glucose 6-phosphate and
DL-alpha-glycerol phosphate, dextrin, glycogen, Tweens 40 and 80, D-fructose, alpha-D-glucose, maltose, maltotriose, D-mannose,
D-psicose, D-ribose, D-sorbitol, sucrose, turanose, D-xylose, acetic acid, alpha-, beta- and gamma-hydroxybutyric acids,
alpha-ketovaleric acid, D-lactic acid methyl ester, L-lactic acid, L-malic acid, succinic acid monomethyl ester, pyruvic acid, glycerol,
adenosine, thymidine and uridine
Negative results for gelatinase, beta-glucuronidase, indole production, methyl red test, oxidase, urease and Voges-Proskauer
reaction.
No utilization of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, amygdalin, arbutin, cellobiose, D-galacturonic acid, gentiobiose, lactulose, 3-methyl
D-glucose, lactamide, alanine and uridine 59-monophosphate mannan, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, D-arabitol, L-fucose, methyl
beta-D-galactoside, methyl alpha-D-mannoside, salicin, sedoheptulosan, glycyl Lglutamic acid and thymidine 5'-monophosphate.
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