Rhizobium selenitireducens

Kim, Kyung Hyun, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Kim, Seung-Bum, Jahng, Kwang-Yeop, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Joh, Ki-seong, Cha, Chang-Jun, Seong, Chi-Nam, Bae, Jin-Woo & Jeon, Wan-Taek Im and Che Ok, 2017, A report of 31 unrecorded bacterial species belonging to the class Alphaproteobacteria in Korea, Journal of Species Research 6 (2), pp. 129-140 : 137

Description of Rhizobium selenitireducens E15

Cells are gram-staining-negative, flagellated, and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, entire, and cream-colored after 2 days on R2 A at 30° C. Positive for nitrate reduction, urease, esculin hydrolysis, and β -galactosidase activity. Negative for indole production, glucose fermentation, and arginine dihydrolase and gelatinase activities. D-Glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, adipic acid, and malic acid are utilized. Does not utilize N -acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, potassium gluconate, capric acid, trisodium citrate, and phenylacetic acid. Strain E 15 (= NIBRBAC000498064) was isolated from a tidal flat sample, Incheon, Korea .