Description of Streptomyces prunicolor MEC 3Y-3-1

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, entire, dry, raised and orange colored after 3 days on MA at 30°C. Positive for esculin hydrolysis and β -galactosidase in API 20NE, but negative for arginine dihydrolase, gelatinase, glucose fermentation, indole production, nitrate reduction and urease. Utilize N -acetyl-glucosamine, adipic acid, L-arabinose, D-glucose, malic acid, D-maltose, D-mannitol, D-mannose and potassium gluconate, but not utilize capric acid, phenylacetic acid and trisodium citrate. Strain MEC3Y-3-1 (= NIBRBA0000114268) has been isolated from Ginseng cultivated soil, Anseong, Gyeonggi Province, Korea.