Methylorubrum rhodesianum (DSM 1759, ATCC 21611, G-253)

Name: Methylorubrum rhodesianum (DSM 1759, ATCC 21611, G-253)
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BacDive ID 7167

Type strain

Strain Designation G-253

Culture col. no. DSM 1759 ATCC 21611 G-253 JCM 2807

NCBI tax ID(s) 29427

Special Collections DSMZ JCM

History <- ATCC <- Kyowa Ferm. Ind. Co., Ltd., G-253 (Protaminobacter ruber subsp. machidanus) T. Urakami TK 0006 <-- ATCC 21611 <-- Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd.; G-253.

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Methylorubrum rhodesianum G-253 is a mesophilic prokaryote that produces alcohol.

alcohol production mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 37624

ATCC 21611,DSM 1759,JCM 2807

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:19:24

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Alphaproteobacteria

Order Hyphomicrobiales

Family Methylobacteriaceae

Genus Methylorubrum

Species Methylorubrum rhodesianum

Full scientific name Methylorubrum rhodesianum (Green et al. 1988) Green and Ardley 2018

Synonyms (2)

Methylobacterium rhodesianum
Methylobacterium lusitanum

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Methylorubrum rhodesianum** (7)	Type strain
7168	M. rhodesianum DSM 5687, ATCC 43882, NCIMB 12249, CCUG 36915, ... (type strain)
7169	M. rhodesianum RXM, CCUG 55905, DSM 14457, NCIMB 13779, ...
131759	M. rhodesianum D2_2, DSM 103741
163169	M. rhodesianum JCM 21388, IAM 14898
163427	M. rhodesianum JCM 2810, ATCC 21614, VKM B-2142
163431	M. rhodesianum JCM 2815, NCIMB 10602
163432	M. rhodesianum JCM 2816, NCIMB 10611

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
647	NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1; with strain-specific modifications) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Methanol 10.0 g/l Peptone 5.0 g/l Meat extract 3.0 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
647	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
67770	positive	growth	30	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Compound production

@ref	Compound
647	methanol
647	protein

Observation

67770

Observationquinones: Q-10

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
647	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#647	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 1759
#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 )
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#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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