Description of Rhizobium etil Gsoil 3034-1

Cells are Gram-staining-negative, non-flagellated, non-pigmented, and oval or rod-shaped. Colonies are glistening, convex, circular, and pale yellow-colored after 3 days of incubation on R2 A at 25° C. Positive for nitrate reduction, β -galactosidase, and cytochrome oxidase, but negative for indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease, esculin hydrolysis, and gelatinase in the API 20NE test. D-Glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N -acetylglucosamine, potassium gluconate, malic acid, and trisodium citrate are utilized but D-maltose, capric acid, adipic acid, and phenylacetic acid are not utilized. Strain Gsoil 3034-1 (= NIBRBAC000498598) was isolated from a ginseng field, Anseong, Gyeonggi, Korea.