Methylobacterium aquaticum

Siddiqi, Muhammad Zubair, Kim, Seung-Bum, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Joh, Ki-seong, Seong, Chi-Nam, Bae, Jin-Woo, Jahng, Kwang-Yeop & Im, Che-Ok Jeon and Wan-Taek, 2017, Description of 39 unrecorded bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the class Alphaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 6 (2), pp. 141-153 : 149

Description of Methylobacterium aquaticum PMX-R

Cells are Gram­staining­negative, non­flagellated, diffusible pigmented and rod­shaped. Colonies are wrinkled, raised, entire, red pin colored after 2 days on R2A at 25°C. In API 20NE negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, gelatinase, esculin hydrolysis and β ­galactosidase but positive for arginine dihydrolase and urease. Utilizes D­glucose, Larabinose, D­mannose, D­mannitol, N ­acetyl­glucosamine, D­maltose, potassium gluconate, capric acid, malic acid and phenylacetic acid. Does not utilize adipic acid and trisodium citrate. Strain PMX­R (= NIBRBA00001148 21) has been isolated from tap water, Daejeon, Korea.