Table 1 Inventory of Methylobacterium strains evaluated for phytohormone production
Species | Strain | Isolation Source | Characteristics/Application (as per depository info) |
|---|---|---|---|
M. aerolatum | JCM 16406(T) | air | None Specified |
M. aminovorans | LMG 21752(T) | soil | degrades tetramethylammonium hydroxide |
M. aquaticum | B-59286 | Phoenix spacecraft surface | None Specified |
DSM 23931 | Arabidopsis thaliana — silique surface | None Specified | |
M. bullatum | LMG 24788(T) | greenhouse, cord moss (Funaria hygrometrica) — phyllosphere | None Specified |
M. cerastii | DSM 23679(T) | Cerasium holosteoides — phyllosphere | None Specified |
M. extorquens | B-1048 | garden soil enriched with sarcosine | taxonomy, transformation host; utilizes alkylamine, formate, oxalate, methanol, methylamine; facultative methylotroph |
JCM 2805 | air | taxonomy, genome sequenced strain; facultative methylotroph; used in studies of C1 metabolism; utilizes methanol, methylamine | |
NBRC 15687(T) | soil | sterility assurance (antibiotic resistant); utilizes methanol, methylamine, oxalate; facultative methylotroph | |
JCM 2806 | garden soil, slough | utilizes methanol (methanol oxidaze), methylamine; facultative methylotroph | |
DSM 13060 | pine (Pinus sylvestris) meristem tissue cultures | None Specified | |
DSM 23939 | Arabidopsis thaliana — phyllosphere | None Specified | |
JCM 2803 | Psychotria mucronata — surface sterilized leaf nodules | None Specified | |
JCM 20693 | mine water | None Specified | |
M. extorquens | NBRC 103126 | soil-litter close to Rumex sp. | Degrades oxalate |
NBRC 103127 | soil-litter close to Arum sp. | Degrades oxalate | |
NBRC 103129 | soil-litter close to Eucalyptus sp. | Degrades oxalate | |
M. gnaphalii | NBRC 107716(T) | Gnaphalium spicatum | None Specified |
M. goesingense | DSM 21331(T) | Thlapi goesingense — endosphere of the Ni-hyperaccumulating plant | resistance to Ni, Cd and Zn |
M. gossipiicola | B-51692 (T) | cotton (Gossipium hirsutum) — phyllosphere | produces auxin and ACC deaminase |
M. iners | JCM 16407(T) | air | None Specified |
M. jeotgali | LMG-23639(T) | traditional fermented seafood (jeotgal) | None Specified |
M. marchantiae | DSM 21328(T) | liverwort (Marchantia polymorpha) - phyllosphere (thallus) | None Specified |
M. mesophilicum | B-14246 (T) | perennial rye grass (Lolium perenne) – healthy, green leaves | utilizes methanol, methylamine; facultative methylotroph; antibiotic resistant |
B-2390 | household well water | None Specified | |
M. nodulans | LMG-21967(T) | Crotalaria podocarpa — nodules | induces nitrogen-fixing root nodules on legume Crotalaria spp. |
M. organophilum | LMG-6083(T) | lake water, lake sediment | genetic transformation; enzyme regulation; facultative methylotroph; utilizes methanol, methylamine, trimethylamine; does not utilize methane; produce poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate |
M. organophilum | NBRC 103120 | Ficus elastica — petiole maceration | degrades oxalate |
NBRC 103121 | Begonia sp. — petiole maceration | degrades oxalate | |
M. oryzae | LMG-23582(T) | Oryzae sativa cv Nam-Pyeoung — surface-disinfected stem | possesses ACC deaminase activity; produces cytokinins |
M. oxalidis | NBRC 107715(T) | Oxalis corniculata | None Specified |
M. phyllosphaerae | LMG-24361(T) | Oryza sativa cv. Dong-Jin — leaf tissues | possesses ACC deaminase activity |
M. platani | JCM 14648(T) | Platanus orientalis — leaf | None Specified |
M. radiotolerans | LMG-2269(T) | Japanese unpolished (unhulled) old and commercial rice grain | radiation resistant; utilizes methanol, methylamine; facultative methylotroph; produces pigment (alpha-bacterioruberin) |
LMG-6379 | forest soil | utilizes methanol, methylamine; facultative methylotroph; antibiotic resistant | |
M. rhodinum | LMG-2275(T) | Alder (Alnus) rhizosphere | utilizes methanol, methylamine; facultative methylotroph |
M. thiocyanatum | JCM 10893(T) | Allium aflatuense – rhizosphere soil | degrades cyanate and thiocyanate |
NBRC 103122 | Bryophyllum sp. — petiole maceration | degrades oxalate | |
NBRC 103124 | Mesenbryanthemum sp. — stem maceration | degrades oxalate | |
NBRC 103128 | soil-litter close to Mesenbryanthemum sp. | degrades oxalate | |
NBRC 103130 | soil-litter close to Rumex sp. | degrades oxalate | |
M. zatmanii | LMG-6087(T) | fermentor operating with formaldehyde as sole source of carbon | utilizes methanol, methylamine, trimethylamine facultative methylotroph |
Methylobacterium spp. | LMG-6378 | red discolouration of ginned cotton lint | utilizes methanol, methylamine; facultative methylotroph; antibiotic resistant |
DSM 23935 | Cardamine hirsuta — phyllosphere | None Specified | |
DSM 23936 | Medicago truncatula — phyllosphere | None Specified | |
JCM 14673 | Oryza sativa SC-41 — stem of cultivated rice | None Specified | |
JCM 14674 | Oryza rufipogon W1964 — stem of wild rice | None Specified |