Methylorubrum extorquens (DSM 23939, PA1)
Methylorubrum extorquens PA1 is a bacterium that was isolated from phyllosphere of Arabidopsis thaliana.
genome sequence 16S sequence BacteriaName and taxonomic classification
| @ref 20215 |
Last LPSN update
2026-05-29 08:26:34 |
| Domain Bacteria |
| Phylum Pseudomonadota |
| Class Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order Hyphomicrobiales |
| Family Methylobacteriaceae |
| Genus Methylorubrum |
| Species Methylorubrum extorquens |
| Full scientific name Methylorubrum extorquens (Urakami and Komagata 1984 ex Bassalik 1913) Green and Ardley 2018 |
| Synonyms (2) |
Culture and growth conditions
Culture medium
| @ref | Name | Growth | Medium link | Composition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17448 | R2A MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 830) | Medium recipe at MediaDive  | Name: R2A MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 830) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Casamino acids 0.5 g/l Starch 0.5 g/l Glucose 0.5 g/l Proteose peptone 0.5 g/l Yeast extract 0.5 g/l K2HPO4 0.3 g/l Na-pyruvate 0.3 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.05 g/l Distilled water |
Culture temp
| @ref | Growth | Type | Temperature (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17448 | positive | growth | 28 |
Isolation, sampling and environmental information
Isolation source categories
| Cat1 | Cat2 | Cat3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| #Host | #Plants | #Herbaceous plants (Grass,Crops) | |
| #Host Body-Site | #Plant | #Leaf (Phyllosphere) |
Isolation
| @ref | Sample type | Host species | Country | Country ISO 3 Code | Continent | Latitude | Longitude | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17448 | phyllosphere of Arabidopsis thaliana | Arabidopsis thaliana | Spain | ESP | Europe | 40.5147 | -3.8969 |
Taxonmaps
Global distribution of 16S sequence FN868933 (>99% sequence identity) for Methylorubrum from Microbeatlas 
 Aquatic Samples |
23711 |
 Soil Samples |
23280 |
 Animal Samples |
47578 |
 Plant Samples |
16159 |
| Total Samples | 110728 |
Sequence information
Genome sequences
| @ref | Description | Assembly level | INSDC accession | BV-BRC accession | IMG accession | NCBI tax ID | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66792 | ASM1884v1 assembly for Methylorubrum extorquens PA1 | complete | GCA_000018845   | 419610.10  | 641228497  | 419610 | 99.02 |  |
Genome browser: GCA_000018845
16S sequences
| @ref | Description | Accession | Length | Database | NCBI tax ID | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17448 | Methylobacterium sp. 157 partial 16S rRNA gene, strain 157 | FN868933 | 1407 |  | 767678 |
Literature
Literature 
| Title | Authors | Journal | DOI | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Levulinic Acid-Inducible and Tunable Gene Expression System for Methylorubrum extorquens. | Sathesh-Prabu C, Ryu YS, Lee SK. | Front Bioeng Biotechnol | 10.3389/fbioe.2021.797020 | 2021 | |
How to cite
If you want to cite this particular strain cite the following doi:
https://doi.org/10.13145/bacdive7148.20260601.11
When using BacDive for research please cite the following paper
BacDive in 2025: the core database for prokaryotic strain dataIsabel Schober, Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà Carbasse, Christian Ebeling, Marvin Leon Schmidt, Adam Podstawka, Rohit Gupta, Vinodh Ilangovan, Javad Chamanara, Jörg Overmann, Lorenz Christian Reimer
Nucleic Acids Research; database issue 2025.
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