Description of Microbacterium schleiferi DO 214

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and rod shaped. Colonies are circular, convex and yellow colored after 2 days on R2 A at 25° C. Positive for esculin hydrolysis, β -galactosidase and nitrate reduction in API 20NE, but negative for arginine dihydrolase, gelatinase, glucose fermentation, indole production and urease. Utilize N -acetyl-glucosamine, L-arabinose, D-glucose, malic acid, D-maltose, D-mannitol, D-mannose and trisodium citrate, but not utilize adipic acid, capric acid, phenylacetic acid and potassium gluconate. Strain DO 214 (= NIBRBAC000498052) has been isolated from a fresh water sample, Jeonju, Jeonbuk Province, Korea.