Methylobacillus arboreus sp. nov., and Methylobacillus gramineus sp. nov., novel non-pigmented obligately methylotrophic bacteria associated with plants.

Two newly isolated obligate methanol-utilizing bacteria (strains Iva(T) and Lap(T)) with the ribulose monophosphate pathway of C(1) assimilation are described. The isolates are strictly aerobic, Gram negative, asporogenous, motile rods multiplying by binary fission, mesophilic and neutrophilic, synthesize indole-3-acetate. The prevailing cellular fatty acids are straight-chain saturated C(16:0) and unsaturated C(16:1) acids. The major ubiquinone is Q-8. The predominant phospholipids are phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol and cardiolipin. Ammonia is assimilated by glutamate dehydrogenase. The DNA G+C contents of strains Iva(T) and Lap(T) are 54.0 and 50.5mol% (T(m)), respectively. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis and DNA-DNA relatedness (38-45%) with type strains of the genus Methylobacillus, the novel isolates are classified as the new species of this genus and named Methylobacillus arboreus Iva(T) (VKM B-2590(T), CCUG 59684(T), DSM 23628(T)) and Methylobacillus gramineus Lap(T) (VKM B-2591(T), CCUG 59687(T), DSM 23629(T)). The GenBank accession numbers for the 16S rRNA gene and mxaF gene sequences of the strains Iva(T) and Lap(T) are GU937479, GU937478 and HM030736, HM030735, respectively.

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