Description of Phycicoccus ochangensis HKS 12

Cells are Gram-staining-positive and round or rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, round, entire and milky white colored after 2 days on R 2A at 30°C. Negative for arginine dihydrolase, β -galactosidase, indole production, nitrate reduction and urease, but positive for esculin hydrolysis, gelatinase and glucose fermentation in API 20NE. Utilize N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-glucose, malic acid, D-maltose, D-mannitol, D-mannose and potassium gluconate. Does not utilize adipic acid, L-arabinose, capric acid, phenylacetic acid and trisodium citrate. Strain HKS 12 (= NIBRBAC000498111) has been isolated Ginseng cultivated soil, Anseong, Gyeonggi Province, Korea.