Mesorhizobium composti FL

Han, Ji Yeon, Lim, Oung Bin, Chea, So-Yi, Lee, Hyosun, Lee, Ki-Eun, Cha, In-Tae & Kim, Won-Jae Chi and Dong-Uk, 2022, A report on 20 unrecorded bacterial species of Korea isolated from soil in 2021, Journal of Species Research 11 (4), pp. 310-320 : 316

Description of Mesorhizobium composti FL 16

Cells are Gram-stain-negative and rod-shaped. Cell size is 0.9-1.1 μm. Colonies are circular, smooth, entire, and yellow pigmented after 3 days of incubation at 28°C on LB. Positive for reduction of nitrates to nitrite (NO 3 ->NO 2 -), urease, β -glucosidase (esculin hydrolysis), D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-D-glucosamine, and D-maltose; but negative for indole production, glucose acidification, arginine dihydrolase, protease (gelatin hydrolysis), β -Galactosidase ( PNPG), gluconate, caprate, adipate, malate, citrate, and phenyl-acetate. Utilizes D-mannitol, D-glucose, L-fucose, D-sorbitol, L-arabinose, propionate, valerate, L-histidine, 2-ketogluconate, 3-hydroxy-butyrate, L-proline, N -acetyl-D-glucosamine, D-ribose, inositol, D-sucrose, D-maltose, acetate, lactate, and L-alanine; but does not utilize salicin, D-melibiose, caprate, citrate, 4-hydroxy-benzoate, L-rhamnose, itaconate, suberate, malonate, 5-ketogluco- nate, glycogen, 3-hydroxy-benzoate, and L-serine. Enzymatic activity reaction was positive for alkaline phosphatase, esterase (C4), esterase lipase (C8), leucine arylamidase, acid phosphatase, naphtol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase, α -glucosidase, and β -glucosidase; but negative for lipase (C14), valine arylamidase, cystine arylamidase, trypsin, α -chymotrypsin, α -galactosidase, β -galactosidase, β -glu- curonidase, N -acetyl- β -glucosaminidase, α -mannosidase, and α -fucosidase. Strain FL 16 (= NIBRBAC000509133) was isolated from an agricultural soil sample, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea .