Rhizobium altiplani MMS

Liu, Qingmei, Kim, Seung-Bum, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Joh, Kiseong, Seong, Chi-Nam, Jeon, Che-Ok, Kim, Wonyong & Im, Myung Kyum Kim and Wan-Taek, 2019, Description of 42 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the class Alphaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 8 (4), pp. 351-364 : 359

Description of Rhizobium altiplani MMS 18-CY061

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, smooth, and cream color after 3 days on R2A at 30°C. Positive for urease and β -galactosidase, and negative for nitrate reduction, gelatinase, esculin hydrolysis, arginine dihydrolase, indole production, and glucose fermentation in API 20NE. D-glucose, D-mannose, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, L-arabinose, D-mannitol, and malic acid are utilized. Does not utilize N -acetyl-glucosamine, capric acid, adipic acid, trisodium citrate and phenylacetic acid. Strain MMS18-CY061 (= NIBRBAC000502554) has been isolated from soil, Cheongyang-gun, Korea.