Rhizobium mesosinicum MK

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 : 217

Description of Rhizobium mesosinicum MK 6Y-2-1

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, flagellated, and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, entire, smooth, raised, and white colored after 3 days on MA at 30°C. Negative for indole production, glucose fermentation, and arginine dihydrolase and gelatinase activities, while positive for nitrate reduction, esculin hydrolysis, and urease and β - galactosidase activities in API 20NE. D-Glucose, Larabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, D-maltose, and N - acetyl-glucosamine are utilized. Does not utilize potassium gluconate, adipic acid, capric acid, trisodium citrate, malic acid, and phenylacetic acid. Strain MK6Y-2- 1 (= NIBRBA0000114272) was isolated from a ginseng soil sample, Anseong, Korea.