Kocuria rosea (Flugge 1886) Stackebrandt et al. 1995
- Dataset
- A report of 34 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the Actinobacteria
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Bacteria
- phylum
- Actinobacteria
- class
- Actinobacteridae
- order
- Actinomycetales
- family
- Micrococcaceae
- genus
- Kocuria
- species
- Kocuria rosea
description
Cells are Gramstainingnegative, nonflagellated and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, raised, entire and yellow-colored after 2 days on TSA at 25 ° C. Positive for nitrate reduction and βgalactosidase in API 20 NE but negative for indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease, esculin hydrolysis and gelatinase. D-Glucose, D-maltose and malate are utilized. Does not utilize L-arabinose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, N-acetyl-glucosamine, gluconate, ca prate, adipate, citrate and phenylacetate. Strain 145 - 10 (= NIBRBA 0000114763) has been isolated from freshwater, Cheongsong, Korea.