Methylobacterium rhodesianum

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 rhodesianum 01SU1-P

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, and rod-shaped. Colonies are opaque, round, smooth, and pink colored after 5 days on MA at 25°C. Positive for urease. Negative for nitrate reduction, esculin hydrolysis, indole production, glucose fermentation, and β -galactosidase, arginine dihydrolase, and gelatinase activities. Malic acid is utilized. Does not utilize D-glucose, Larabinose, D-mannose, D-maltose, adipic acid, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, potassium gluconate, phenylacetic acid, trisodium citrate, and capric acid. Strain 01SU1-P (= NIBRBA0000 114424) was isolated from a fresh water sample, Changnyeong-gun, Korea.