Rhizobium nepotum CR

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 nepotum CR 5-1

Cells are Gram­staining­negative, non­flagellated, nonpigmented, and rod-shaped. Colonies are round, umbonate, and pale yellow colored after 3 days on R2A at 30 °C. Negatives for nitrate reduction, Indole production, glucose fermentation, gelatin hydrolysis and arginine dihydrolase in API 20NE, but positive for urease, esculin hydrolysis, and β -galactosidase. Does not utilize capric acid, adipic acid and phenylacetic acid. D-glucose, Larabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, trisodium citrate and malic acid are utilized. Strain Rhizobium nepotum CR 5-1 (= NIBRBA0000113863) has been isolated from ochotensis root, Wonju, Korea.