Description of Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus NK 6Y-6-4 Cells are Gram­staining­positive, non­flagellated and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, entire, raised and white-colored after 3 days on NA at 30°C. Positive for esculin hydrolysis and β­galactosidase in API 20NE but negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease and gelatinase. D-Glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, N-acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, gluconate, malate, citrate and phenylacetate are utilized. Does not utilize caprate and adipate. Strain NK 6Y-6-4 (= NIBRBA 0000114890) has been isolated from ginseng soil, Anseong, Korea.

Published as part of Ko, Kwan Su, Cha, Chang-Jun, Im, Wan-Taek, Kim, Seung-Bum, Seong, Chi-Nam, Bae, Jin-Woo, Jahng, Kwangyeop, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Joh, Ki-seong & Lee, Soon Dong, 2017, A report of 34 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the Actinobacteria, pp. 1-14 in Journal of Species Research 6 (1) on page 10, DOI: 10.12651/JSR.2017.6.1.001, http://zenodo.org/record/8120377