Abstract
Zinc (Zn)-resistant Methylobacterium strains were isolated from soils collected in Japan. Although the soils used had never been polluted with Zn, Zn-resistant Methylobacterium-like red colonies were detected at 102 to 103 per gram of dry soil. The 16S ribosomal DNA sequence of the representative eleven strains were most similar to Methylobacterium radiotolerans. Furthermore, all of Methylobacterium strains from culture collections showed moderate or high Zn resistance. Thus, Zn resistance might be an inherent characteristic in Methylobacterium species.
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