Description of Sphingomonas sanxanigenens Gsoil 187

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, non-pigmented, and rod-shaped. Colonies are convex, round, and yellow-colored after 3 days of incubation on R2 A at 25° C. Positive for esculin hydrolysis, β -galactosidase, and cytochrome oxidase, but negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease, and gelatinase in the API 20NE test. D-Glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, adipic acid, malic acid, and trisodium citrate are utilized but D-mannitol, N -acetylglucosamine, capric acid, and phenylacetic acid are not utilized. Strain Gsoil 187 (= NIBRBAC000498584) was isolated from a ginseng field, Anseong, Gyeonggi, Korea.