Mesorhizobium opportunistum BDM

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 : 215

Description of Mesorhizobium opportunistum BDM 25

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, nonpigmented, and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, smooth, convex, glistening, and cream colored after 3 days on MA at 25°C. Positive for nitrate reduction, esculin hydrolysis, and gelatinase and β -galactosidase activities in API 20NE, but negative for glucose fermentation, indole production, and arginine dihydrolase and urease activities. D-Glucose, L-arabinose, 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 and adipic acid. Strain BDM25 (= NIBRBA0000114304) was isolated from a tidal flat sample, Wando, Korea.