Description of Microbacterium esteraromaticum KHC 15

Cells are Gram-staining-positive, flagellated and coccibacillus. Colonies are circular and cream-colored after 3 days on NA 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, D-maltose, D-mannitol, D-mannose and potassium gluconate, but not utilize adipic acid, capric acid, malic acid, phenylacetic acid and trisodium citrate. Strain KHC15 (= NIBRBAC000497842) has been isolated from Gut of Red-crowned Crane ( Grus japonensis), Gyeonggi Province, Korea.