Description of Mycobacterium sphagni C6-18 Cells are Gram-staining-positive, non-flagellated and rod shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, entire and cream colored after 16 days on R2 A at 30° C. Negative for arginine dihydrolase, esculin hydrolysis, β -galactosidase, gelatinase, glucose fermentation, indole production, nitrate reduction and urease in API 20NE. Does not utilize N -acetyl-glucosamine, adipic acid, L-arabinose, capric acid, D-glucose, malic acid, D-maltose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, phenylacetic acid, potassium gluconate and trisodium citrate. Strain C 6-18 (= NIBRBAC 000498032) has been isolated from a natural cave, Jeju, Korea.

Published as part of Kim, Mi-Sun, Lee, Ji-Hee, Kim, Seung-Bum, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Lee, Soon Dong, Joh, Ki-seong, Cha, Chang-Jun, Im, Wan-Taek, Bae, Jin-Woo, Jahng, Kwangyeop & Seong, Hana Yi and Chi-Nam, 2017, Unrecorded bacterial species belonging to the phylum Actinobacteria originated from Republic of Korea, pp. 25-41 in Journal of Species Research 6 (1) on page 37, DOI: 10.12651/JSR.2017.6.1.025, http://zenodo.org/record/12753566