Rhizobium grahamii MS

Jin, Hyun Mi, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Kim, Seung-Bum, Jahng, Kwang-Yeop, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Joh, Ki-seong, Cha, Chang-Jun, Seong, Chi-Nam, Bae, Jin-Woo, Im, Wan-Taek & Jeon, Che-Ok, 2016, A report of 42 unrecorded bacterial species belonging to the Alphaproteobacteria in Korea, Journal of Species Research 5 (2), pp. 206-219 : 216

Description of Rhizobium grahamii MS 6Y-8-4

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, entire, smooth, raised, and white-colored after 3 days on MA at 30°C. Positive for esculin hydrolysis and urease and β -galactosidase activities in API 20NE, but negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, and arginine dihydrolase and gelatinase activities. D-Glucose, Larabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, D-maltose, N -acetyl-glucosamine, potassium gluconate, adipic acid, trisodium citrate, malic acid, and phenylacetic acid are utilized. Does not utilize capric acid. Strain MS6Y-8-4 (= NIBRBA 0000114283) was isolated from a ginseng soil sample, Anseong, Korea.