Isolated from the rhizosphere of Hypericum perforatum retrieved from a greenhouse of the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB), Halle, Germany (51 deg 29 min 42.23 sec N 11 deg 56 min 36.56 sec E).
Hypericibacter terrae gen. nov., sp. nov. and Hypericibacter adhaerens sp. nov., two new members of the family Rhodospirillaceae isolated from the rhizosphere of Hypericum perforatum.