Methylophilus methylotrophus HME

Kim, Pil Soo, Cha, Chang-Jun, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Chun, Jongsik, Im, Wan-Taek, Jahng, Kwang Yeop, Jeon, Che Ok, Joh, Kiseong, Kim, Seung Bum, Seong, Chi Nam, Yoon, Jung-Hoon & Bae, Jin-Woo, 2016, A report of 21 unreported bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the Betaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 5 (1), pp. 179-187 : 184

Description of Methylophilus methylotrophus HME 9441

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, non-pigmented, and rod-shaped. Colonies are convex, translucent and white-colored after 3 days of incubation on R2A at 30℃. Positive for cytochrome oxidase, arginine dihydrolase, urease, but negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation esculin hydrolysis, gelatinase and β -galactosidase in API 20NE test. D-glucose, D-mannose, D-maltose and phenylacetic acid are utilized. Strain HME9441 (2013-2-118) (= NIBRBA0000114411) has been isolated from freshwater sample, Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, Korea