Mesorhizobium chacoense (DSM 17287, CECT 5336, LMG 19008)

Name: Mesorhizobium chacoense (DSM 17287, CECT 5336, LMG 19008)
Creator: BacDive
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BacDive ID 11891

Type strain

Strain Designation Pr5

Culture col. no. DSM 17287 CECT 5336 LMG 19008 Pr5 CIP 107324

NCBI tax ID(s) 126843

Special Collections DSMZ CIP

History <- E. Velázquez, Univ. Salamanca, Spain; Pr5 CIP <- 2001, E. Martinez Molina, Salamanca Univ., Salamanca, Spain: strain 19008

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Mesorhizobium chacoense Pr5 is a Gram-negative, motile, rod-shaped bacterium that was isolated from root nodules of Prosopis alba.

Gram-negative motile rod-shaped 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 20638

LMG 19008,CECT 5336,KCTC 12945,DSM 17287,CFBP 6713,CIP 107324

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:20:41

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Alphaproteobacteria

Order Hyphomicrobiales

Family Phyllobacteriaceae

Genus Mesorhizobium

Species Mesorhizobium chacoense

Full scientific name Mesorhizobium chacoense Velázquez et al. 2001

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
118221	negative	rod-shaped

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
6872	RHIZOBIUM MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 98)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: RHIZOBIUM MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 98) Composition: air-dried garden soil 80.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Mannitol 10.0 g/l Yeast extract 1.0 g/l Na2CO3 0.2 g/l Distilled water
33767	MEDIUM 296 - for Rhizobium		Distilled water make up to (800.000 ml);Agar (15.000 g);Yeast extract (1.000 g);Mannitol (10.000 g);Earth extract - M0541 (200.000 ml)
118221	CIP Medium 296	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
6872	positive	growth	28
33767	positive	growth	30
118221	positive	growth	25-37
118221	negative	growth	10
118221	negative	growth	41
118221	negative	growth	45

Physiology and metabolism

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
118221	NaCl	positive	growth	0 %
118221	NaCl		growth	2 %
118221	NaCl		growth	4 %
118221	NaCl		growth	6 %
118221	NaCl		growth	8 %
118221	NaCl		growth	10 %

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68369	17128 ChEBI	adipate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68371	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68369	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68371	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
118221	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	carbon source
68371	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28847 ChEBI	D-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API 20NE
68371	62318 ChEBI	D-lyxose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68369	27689 ChEBI	decanoate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68371	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
118221	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis
68371	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68369	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68371	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68369	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68371	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68369	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68371	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
118221	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	-	hydrolysis
68371	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18403 ChEBI	L-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18287 ChEBI	L-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17266 ChEBI	L-sorbose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65328 ChEBI	L-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68369	25115 ChEBI	malate	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68371	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	320061 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	43943 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-mannoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	74863 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
118221	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
68369	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API 20NE
118221	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68371		Potassium 2-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371		Potassium 5-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17814 ChEBI	salicin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28017 ChEBI	starch	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68369	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20NE
68371	32528 ChEBI	turanose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68369	16199 ChEBI	urea	+	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68371	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	Metabolite	Is sensitive	Is resistant
118221	0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API 20NE
118221	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
118221	15688 ChEBI	acetoin		-
118221	17234 ChEBI	glucose			-
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole	-			from API 20NE

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
118221	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
118221	amylase	-
68369	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API 20NE
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
118221	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68369	beta-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.21	from API 20NE
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
118221	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
118221	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
68369	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1	from API 20NE
118221	DNase	-
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
118221	gamma-glutamyltransferase	+	2.3.2.2
118221	gelatinase	-
68369	gelatinase	-		from API 20NE
118221	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
118221	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
118221	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
118221	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
118221	oxidase	+
118221	phenylalanine ammonia-lyase	-	4.3.1.24
68382	trypsin	+	3.4.21.4	from API zym
118221	tryptophan deaminase	-
118221	tween esterase	-
118221	urease	+	3.5.1.5
68369	urease	+	3.5.1.5	from API 20NE
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

API zym

@ref	Control	Alkaline phosphatase	Esterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	Lipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	Trypsin	alpha- Chymotrypsin	Acid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	alpha- Galactosidase	beta- Galactosidase	beta- Glucuronidase	alpha- Glucosidase	beta- Glucosidase	N-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	alpha- Mannosidase	alpha- Fucosidase
118221	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-

API 20NE

@ref	Reduction of nitratesNO3	TRP	GLU_ Ferm	ADH (Arg)	URE	ESC	GEL	PNPG	GLU_ Assim	ARA	MNE	MAN	NAG	MAL	GNT	CAP	ADI	MLT	CIT	PAC	OX
6872	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	+/-	+/-	+/-	+/-	+/-	+/-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+

API 50CHac

@ref	ControlQ	GLY	ERY	DARA	LARA	RIB	DXYL	LXYL	ADO	MDX	GAL	GLU	FRU	MNE	SBE	RHA	DUL	INO	MAN	SOR	MDM	MDG	NAG	AMY	ARB	ESC	SAL	CEL	MAL	LAC	MEL	SAC	TRE	INU	MLZ	RAF	AMD	GLYG	XLT	GEN	TUR	LYX	TAG	DFUC	LFUC	DARL	LARL	GNT	2KG	5KG
118221	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+/-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

API biotype100

@ref	ControlQ	D-glucose as carbon sourceGLU	D-fructose as carbon sourceFRU	D-galactose as carbon sourceGAL	D-trehalose as carbon sourceTRE	D-mannose as carbon sourceMNE	L-sorbose as carbon sourceSBE	D-melibiose as carbon sourceMEL	sucrose as carbon sourceSAC	D-raffinose as carbon sourceRAF	maltotriose as carbon sourceMTE	maltose as carbon sourceMAL	lactose as carbon sourceLAC	lactulose as carbon sourceLTE	1-O-methyl-beta-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGa	1-O-methyl-alpha-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMaGa	D-cellobiose as carbon sourceCEL	gentiobiose as carbon sourceGEN	1-O-methyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGu	esculin as carbon sourceESC	D-ribose as carbon sourceRIB	L-arabinose as carbon sourceARA	D-xylose as carbon sourceXYL	palatinose as carbon sourcePLE	L-rhamnose as carbon sourceRHA	L-fucose as carbon sourceFUC	D-melezitose as carbon sourceMLZ	D-arabitol as carbon sourceDARL	L-arabitol as carbon sourceLARL	xylitol as carbon sourceXLT	dulcitol as carbon sourceDUL	D-tagatose as carbon sourceTAG	glycerol as carbon sourceGLY	myo-inositol as carbon sourceINO	D-mannitol as carbon sourceMAN	maltitol as carbon sourceMTL	D-turanose as carbon sourceTUR	D-sorbitol as carbon sourceSOR	adonitol as carbon sourceADO	hydroxyquinoline-beta-glucuronide as carbon sourceHBG	D-lyxose as carbon sourceLYX	i-erythritol as carbon sourceERY	1-O-methyl-alpha-D-glucoside as carbon sourceMDG	3-O-methyl-D-glucose as carbon source3MDG	D-saccharate as carbon sourceSAT	mucate as carbon sourceMUC	L-tartrate as carbon sourceLTAT	D-tartrate as carbon sourceDTAT	meso-tartrate as carbon sourceMTAT	D-malate as carbon sourceDMLT	L-malate as carbon sourceLMLT	cis-aconitate as carbon sourceCATE	trans-aconitate as carbon sourceTATE	tricarballylate as carbon sourceTTE	citrate as carbon sourceCIT	D-glucuronate as carbon sourceGRT	D-galacturonate as carbon sourceGAT	2-ketogluconate as carbon source2KG	5-ketogluconate as carbon source5KG	tryptophan as carbon sourceTRY	N-acetyl-D-glucosamine as carbon sourceNAG	D-gluconate as carbon sourceGNT	phenylacetate as carbon sourcePAC	protocatechuate as carbon sourcePAT	4-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcepOBE	quinate as carbon sourceQAT	gentisate as carbon sourceGTE	3-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcemOBE	benzoate as carbon sourceBAT	3-phenylpropionate as carbon sourcePPAT	m-coumarate as carbon sourceCMT	trigonelline as carbon sourceTGE	betaine as carbon sourceBET	putrescine as carbon sourcePCE	4-aminobutyrate as carbon sourceABT	histamine as carbon sourceHIN	DL-lactate as carbon sourceLAT	caprate as carbon sourceCAP	caprylate as carbon sourceCYT	L-histidine as carbon sourceHIS	succinate as carbon sourceSUC	fumarate as carbon sourceFUM	glutarate as carbon sourceGRE	DL-glycerate as carbon sourceGYT	5-aminovalerate as carbon sourceAVT	ethanolamine as carbon sourceETN	tryptamine as carbon sourceTTN	D-glucosamine as carbon sourceGLN	itaconate as carbon sourceITA	3-hydroxybutyrate as carbon source3OBU	L-aspartate as carbon sourceAPT	L-glutamate as carbon sourceGTT	L-proline as carbon sourcePRO	D-alanine as carbon sourceDALA	L-alanine as carbon sourceLALA	L-serine as carbon sourceSER	malonate as carbon sourceMNT	propionate as carbon sourcePROP	L-tyrosine as carbon sourceTYR	2-ketoglutarate as carbon source2KT
118221	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host	#Plants	#Tree
#Host Body-Site	#Plant	#Root nodule

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
6872	root nodules of Prosopis alba	Prosopis alba	Chaco Arido region	Argentina	ARG	Middle and South America
118221	Plant, Root nodules of Prosopis alba		Chaco Arido region	Argentina	ARG	Middle and South America	1998

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
6872	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
118221	1	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Mesorhizobium chacoense strain LMG 19008 16S-23S ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer and 23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	DQ659515	738		126843
6872	Mesorhizobium chacoense 16S rRNA gene, strain PR5	AJ278249	1466		126843

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
6872	62.0	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Characterization of strains unlike Mesorhizobium loti that nodulate lotus spp. in saline soils of Granada, Spain.	Lorite MJ, Munoz S, Olivares J, Soto MJ, Sanjuan J.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.02555-09	2010
Phylogeny	Mesorhizobium chacoense sp. nov., a novel species that nodulates Prosopis alba in the Chaco Arido region (Argentina).	Velazquez E, Igual JM, Willems A, Fernandez MP, Munoz E, Mateos PF, Abril A, Toro N, Normand P, Cervantes E, Gillis M, Martinez-Molina E	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/00207713-51-3-1011	2001

References

#6872	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 17287
#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#20218	Verslyppe, B., De Smet, W., De Baets, B., De Vos, P., Dawyndt P.: StrainInfo introduces electronic passports for microorganisms.. Syst Appl Microbiol. 37: 42 - 50 2014 ( DOI 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.11.002 , PubMed 24321274 )
#33767	; Curators of the CIP;
#68369	Automatically annotated from API 20NE .
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#118221	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 107324
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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Mesorhizobium chacoense (DSM 17287, CECT 5336, LMG 19008)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Halophily

Metabolite utilization

Antibiotic resistance

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API zym

API 20NE

API 50CHac

API biotype100

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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