Review Article

Biotechnological and Agronomic Potential of Endophytic Pink-Pigmented Methylotrophic Methylobacterium spp.

Table 1

Sequenced genomes (deposited in the NCBI database) of Methylobacterium strains and their genomic features.

OrganismStrainGenBank assembly IDIsolation sourceKey characteristic(s)Genome size (Mpb)CG content (%)GeneNumber of plasmidSequencing institute

M. extorquens AM1GCA_000022685.1AirGrowth on methylamine or methanol6.88 68.750654University of Washington Genome Center

M. extorquens DM4GCA_000083545.1Soil contaminated with halogenated hydrocarbonsChloromethane degrader6.1268.158512Genoscope

M. extorquens PA1GCA_000018845.1Arabidopsis thaliana Arabidopsis thaliana epiphyte5.4768.24956DOE Joint Genome Institute

M. extorquens CM4GCA_000021845.16.1868.254632DOE Joint Genome Institute

M. extorquens DSM13060GCA_000243435.2Meristems of Pinus sylvestris Pinus sylvestris epiphyte6.6768.306894DOE Joint Genome Institute

M. mesophilicum SR1.6/6GCA_000364445.1Citrus sinensis branchesCitrus endophyte6.269.476052Rede Paraense de genômica e proteômica

M. nodulans ORS2060GCA_000022085.1from root nodules from the legume Crotalaria Nonpigmented, fix nitrogen, Crotalaria nodulating7.7868.977657DOE Joint Genome Institute

M. populi BJ001GCA_000019945.1Populus sp.Populus deltoides x nigra DN34 endophyte5.806954922DOE Joint Genome Institute

M. radiotolerans JCM2831GCA_000019725.1Radioresistant strain, fix nitrogen, nodulate plants6.0871.558398DOE Joint Genome Institute

Methylobacterium sp.4-46GCA_000019365.1Lotononis bainesi nodulating, photosynthetic7.6671.471452DOE Joint Genome Institute

Methylobacterium sp.GXF4GCA_000272495.1grapevine xylem fluidsEndophytic from xylem fluids6.1269.65976Rochester Institute of Technology

Methylobacterium sp.MB200GCA_000333655.1biogas reactor5.7768.95038College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University

Methylobacterium sp.77GCA_000372825.1Lake Washington4.6666.74108DOE Joint Genome Institute

Methylobacterium sp.WSM2598GCA_000379105.1Lotononis bainesii Root nodulating bacteria, bacteria-plant-soil association7.6771.26631DOE Joint Genome Institute

Methylobacterium sp.285MFTsu5.1GCA_000383455.1Bacteria-plant association6.62715970DOE Joint Genome Institute

Methylobacterium sp.10GCA_000519085.1Lake Washington4.9866.74285DOE Joint Genome Institute

Methylobacterium sp.B1GCA_000333255.1rice shoot5.9169.6Kazusa DNA Research Institute

Methylobacterium sp.B34GCA_000333475.1rice shoot6.9370.4Kazusa DNA Research Institute

Methylobacterium sp.88AGCA_000376345.1Lake Washington4.8967.14274DOE Joint Genome Institute

Methylobacterium sp.L2-4GCA_000454305.1Jatropha curcas L.Jatropha curcas L. endophyte6.870.86255Temasek Lifesciences Laboratory

Methylobacterium sp.EUR3 AL-11GCA_000526475.1thermal adaption and carbon metabolism in permafrost7.2171.16670DOE Joint Genome Institute

Methylobacterium sp.UNCCL110GCA_000745415.1bacteria-plant association6.6169.7DOE Joint Genome Institute