Methylibium petroleiphilum

Kim, Pil Soo, Cha, Chang-Jun, Cho, Jang-Cheon, Chun, Jongsik, Im, Wan-Taek, Jahng, Kwang Yeop, Jeon, Che Ok, Joh, Kiseong, Kim, Seung Bum, Seong, Chi Nam, Yoon, Jung-Hoon & Bae, Jin-Woo, 2016, A report of 21 unreported bacterial species in Korea, belonging to the Betaproteobacteria, Journal of Species Research 5 (1), pp. 179-187 : 185

Description of Methylibium petroleiphilum W6-4-1

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, non-pigmented, and rod-shaped. Colonies are circular, raised, entire and cream-colored after 2 days of incubation on R2 A at 25℃. Positive for cytochrome oxidase and urease, but negative for nitrate reduction, arginine dihydrolase, esculin hydrolysis, gelatinase, β -galactosidase, indole production and glucose fermentation in API 20NE test. Strain SR2-07 (= NIBRBA0000114195) has been isolat- ed from root of garden cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus), Daejeon, Korea .