Rhizobium skierniewicense CT

Liu, Qingmei, Kim, Seung-Bum, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Joh, Ki-seong, Cha, Chang-Jun, Chun, Jong-sik, Seong, Chi-Nam, Bae, Jin-Woo, Jahng, Kwang-Yeop, Jeon, Che-Ok & Im, Wan-Taek, 2015, A report of 29 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the Alphaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 4 (2), pp. 97-108 : 100

Description of Rhizobium skierniewicense CT 6-3

Cells are Gram­staining­negative, non­flagellated, nonpigmented, and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, and ivory­colored after 2 days of incubation on TSA at 30°C. Positive for nitrate reduction, esculin hydrolysis, urease, gelatinase, β -galactosidase in API 20NE but negative for indole production, glucose fermentation and arginine dihydrolase. D-Glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, malic acid and trisodium citrate are utilized. Does not utilize capric acid, adipic acid, and phenylacetic acid. Strain CT6-3 (= NIBRBA0000113857) has been isolated from mugwort root, Wonju, Korea.