[Biodiversity of aerobic methylobacteria associated with the phyllosphere of the southern Moscow Oblast]

Mikrobiologiia. 2017 Jan-Feb;86(1):107-13.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

During the summer period (15–25°C), 34 strains of methylotrophic bacteria associated with different species of herbs, shrub, and trees in Pushchino (Moscow oblast, Russia) were isolated on the medium with methanol. Predominance of pink-colored Methylobacterium strains in the phyllosphere of many plants was confirmed by microscopy, enumeration of the colonies from grass leaves, and sequencing of the 16S rRNA genes. Colorless and yellow-pigmented methylotrophs belonged to the genera Methylophilus, Methylobacillus, Hansschlegelia, Methylopila, Xanthobacter, and Paracoccus. All isolates were able to synthesize plant hormones auxins from L-tryptophan (5−50 μg/mL) and are probably plant symbionts.

MeSH terms

  • Biodiversity*
  • Forests*
  • Methylobacillus* / classification
  • Methylobacillus* / growth & development
  • Methylobacillus* / isolation & purification
  • Methylobacterium* / classification
  • Methylobacterium* / growth & development
  • Methylobacterium* / isolation & purification
  • Methylophilus* / classification
  • Methylophilus* / growth & development
  • Methylophilus* / isolation & purification
  • Paracoccus* / classification
  • Paracoccus* / growth & development
  • Paracoccus* / isolation & purification
  • Russia
  • Xanthobacter* / classification
  • Xanthobacter* / growth & development
  • Xanthobacter* / isolation & purification