Chitinophaga varians MMS

Hwang, Chi Young, Cho, Eui-Sang, Jung, Dong-Hyun, Lee, Ki-Eun, Cha, In-Tae & Seo, Won-Jae Chi and Myung-Ji, 2023, A report of 21 unrecorded bacterial species of Korea belonging to the phylum Bacteroidota isolated in 2021, Journal of Species Research 12, pp. 23-32 : 28

Description of Chitinophaga varians MMS 21-SHT2

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated and rod shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, entire and orange colored after aerobic incubation for three days on TSA at 30℃. In the API 20NE system, positive reaction for oxidase activity, utilization of L- arabinose, D- mannose, D- mannitol, N- acetylglucosamine,D- maltose, potassium gluconate and phenylacetic acid. In the API 20NE system, negative reaction for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease activity, esculin hydrolysis, gelatin hydrolysis, β-galactosidase activity and utilization of D- glucose, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid and trisodium citrate. Strain MMS21 - SHT2 ( = NIBRBAC000508736) was isolated from soil from Gongju , Chungcheongnam-do, Korea .