Methylobacterium brachiatum JJ

Jin, Hyun Mi, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Kim, Seung-Bum, Jahng, Kwang-Yeop, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Joh, Ki-seong, Cha, Chang-Jun, Seong, Chi-Nam, Bae, Jin-Woo, Im, Wan-Taek & Jeon, Che-Ok, 2016, A report of 42 unrecorded bacterial species belonging to the Alphaproteobacteria in Korea, Journal of Species Research 5 (2), pp. 206-219 : 215

Description of Methylobacterium brachiatum JJ 9004

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, convex after 2 days on R2A agar at 25°C. Positive for urease in API 20NE, but negative for nitrate reduction, glucose fermentation, indole production, esculin hydrolysis, and β -galactosidase, arginine dihydrolase, and gelatinase activities. L-Arabinose, potassium gluconate, adipic acid, and D-maltose are utilized. Does not utilize D-glucose, D-mannose, Dmannitol, malic acid, trisodium citrate, N -acetyl-glucosamine, capric acid, and phenylacetic acid. Strain JJ9004 (= NIBRBA0000114155) was isolated from a freshwater sample, Wanju-gun, Korea.