''Roseomonas hibiscisoli'' is a species of

Gram negative Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that, unlike gram-positive bacteria, do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. Their defining characteristic is that their cell envelope consists of ...

, strictly aerobic, coccobacilli-shaped, pink-colored bacteria. It was first isolated from the

rhizosphere The rhizosphere is the narrow region of soil or Substrate (biology), substrate that is directly influenced by root secretions and associated soil microorganisms known as the root microbiome. Pore space in soil, Soil pores in the rhizosphere can ...

of a

Hibiscus syriacus ''Hibiscus syriacus'' is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is native to areas of east Asia, but widely introduced elsewhere, including much of Europe and North America. It was given the epithet ''syriacus'' because ...

plant, and the new species was proposed in 2017. The species name derives from the ''Hibiscus'' plant from which it was first isolated. ''

Roseomonas rhizosphaerae ''Roseomonas rhizosphaerae'' is a species of Gram negative, strictly aerobic, coccobacilli-shaped, pink-colored bacterium. It was first isolated from soil under long-term application of triazofos in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, China, and the spe ...

'' was also previously isolated from the rhizosphere of a plant.Chen Q, Sun LN, Zhang XX, He J, Kwon SW, Zhang J, Li SP, Gu JG
Roseomonas rhizosphaerae sp. nov., a triazophos-degrading bacterium isolated from soil.
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2014 Apr 1;64(4):1127-33. The optimum growth temperature for ''R. hibiscisoli'' is 28 °C, but can grow in the 20-40 °C range. The optimum pH is 7.0, and can grow in pH 5.0-9.0.

References

External links

Type strain of ''Roseomonas hibiscisoli'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
{{Taxonbar, from=Q48966007 Rhodospirillales Bacteria described in 2017