Description of Streptomyces mauvecolor MMS 17- GJ001

Cells are Gram-stain-positive, non-flagellated, pigmented, and branched mycelium-forming. Colonies are irregular, wrinkled, rough, and light-yellow colored after 5 days of incubation on ISP2 with pH 5 at 30°C. Nitrate is reduced and esculin is hydrolyzed. The strain shows positive reactions for enzyme activities of gelatinase, oxidase, urease, and β -galactosidase, whereas the strain shows negative reaction for enzyme activity of arginine dihydrolase. Indole is not produced and glucose is not fermented. The strain utilizes D-glucose, N -acetyl-glucosamine and potassium gluconate, and weakly utilizes D-mannose, D-mannitol, and malic acid, whereas the strain does not utilize L-arabinose, D-maltose, capric acid, adipic acid, trisodium citrate, and phenylacetic acid. Strain MMS17- GJ001 (= NIBRBAC000500981) was isolated from a soil sample, Daejeon, Korea.