Description of Mesorhizobium camelthorni Gsoil 531

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, flagellated, non-pigmented, and oval-shaped. Colonies are circular, convex, entire and pale yellow-colored after 3 days of incubation on R2 A at 25° C. Positive for esculin hydrolysis and cytochrome oxidase, but negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease, gelatinase, and β -galactosidase in the API 20NE test. D-Mannose, D-mannitol, N -acetylglucosamine, and potassium gluconate are utilized. D-Glucose, L-arabinose, D-maltose, capric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, trisodium citrate, and phenylacetic acid are not utilized. Strain Gsoil 531 (= NIBRBAC000498586) was isolated from a ginseng field, Anseong, Gyeonggi, Korea.