Phycicoccus ginsenosidimutans

Phycicoccus ginsenosidimutans is a species of Gram positive, strictly aerobic, non-endosporeforming bacterium. The species was initially isolated from soil from a ginseng field from Paektu Mountain, Jinlin District, China. The species was first described in 2016, and its name refers to the species ability to convert ginsenoside.[1]

Phycicoccus ginsengisoli
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P. ginsenosidimutans
Binomial name
Phycicoccus ginsenosidimutans
Wang 2011

The optimum growth temperature for P. ginsenosidimutans is 30 °C and can grow in the 10-37 °C range. The optimum pH is 6.5-7.5, and can grow in pH 5.0-10.[1]

Phycicoccus ginsengisoli was also initially isolated from a ginseng field.[2]

References

  1. Wang, L.; An, D.-S.; Jin, F.-X.; Lee, S.-T.; Im, W.-T.; Bae, H.-M. (9 April 2010). "Phycicoccus ginsenosidimutans sp. nov., isolated from soil of a ginseng field". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 61 (3): 524–528. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.022137-0. PMID 20382795.
  2. Kang, Jong-Pyo; Kim, Yeon-Ju; Nguyen, Ngoc-Lan; Hoang, Van-An; Farh, Mohamed El-Agamy; Joo, Sung-Chul; Quan, Lin-Hu; Yang, Deok-Chun (1 December 2016). "Phycicoccus ginsengisoli sp. nov., isolated from cultivated ginseng soil". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 66 (12): 5320–5327. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.001515. PMID 27666743.
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