Methylibium petroleiphilum, Nakatsu et al., 2006

Kim, Min-Kyeong, Seong, Chi-Nam, Jahng, Kwangyeop, Cha, Chang-Jun, Joh, Ki-seong, Bae, Jin-Woo, Cho, Jang-Cheon & Kim, Wan-Taek Im and Seung-Bum, 2017, Report of 21 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea belonging to Betaproteobacteria and Epsilonproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 6 (1), pp. 15-24 : 23

Description of Methylibium petroleiphilum HMF2787

Cells are Gram negative and rod shaped. Grows on R 2A at 30°C. Colonies are cream colored, and circular, convex with entire margin. Diffusible pigment is not produced. Based on API20NE, cytochrome oxidase, nitrate reduction and arginine dihydrolase activities are positive, but indole production, glucose fermentation, urease, β-glucosidase, protease and β-galactosidase activities are negative. D­Glucose, D­mannose, potassium gluconate, capric acid, malic acid and trisodium citrate are assimilated, but not L-arabinose, D-mannitol, N ­acetyl­glucosamine, D­maltose, adipic acid and phenylacetic acid. Strain HMF2787 (= NIBRBA 0000115004) was isolated from sediment. The 16S rRNA gene sequence accession number is KP099963.