| Kocuria turfanensis |
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Phylum Actinomycetota, Class Actinomycetes, Order Micrococcales, Family Micrococcaceae, Genus Kocuria, Kocuria turfanensis
Zhou et al. 2008 emend. Camacho et al. 2017.
Species description is based on a single isolate.
Zhou et al. 2008 emend. Camacho et al. 2017.
Species description is based on a single isolate.
Gram-positive cocci. Endospores are not formed. Nonmotile. Nonencapsulated.
Colonies are orange-red pigmented. Growth can occur in 15% NaCl; however, NaCl
is not required for growth. Growth is detected at 30-40 ºC and pH 6.5-9.5. Aerobic.
is not required for growth. Growth is detected at 30-40 ºC and pH 6.5-9.5. 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. - Camacho, M., Redondo-Gomez, S., Rodriguez-Llorente, I., Rohde, M., Sproer, C., Schumann, P., Klenk, H. P. and Montero-
Calasanz, M. D. C. 2017. Kocuria salina sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from the rhizosphere of the halophyte
Arthrocnemum macrostachyum and emended description of Kocuria turfanensis. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 5006-5012.
Positive results for catalase, nitrate reduction, phosphatase, beta-galactosidase and starch hydrolysis.
Can utilize as sole carbon source alpha- and beta-cyclodextrin, pyruvic acid methyl ester, N-acetyl-L-glutamic acid, D-galactose,
p-hydroxyphenylacetic acid, myo-inositol, D-mannitol, melibiose, methyl alpha-D-galactoside, palatinose, raffinose, trehalose,
2'-deoxyadenosine, inosine, 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 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 alpha- and beta-cyclodextrin, pyruvic acid methyl ester, N-acetyl-L-glutamic acid, D-galactose,
p-hydroxyphenylacetic acid, myo-inositol, D-mannitol, melibiose, methyl alpha-D-galactoside, palatinose, raffinose, trehalose,
2'-deoxyadenosine, inosine, 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 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.
(c) Costin Stoica
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