Mesorhizobium

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Mesorhizobium
Mesorhizobium japonicum strain MAFF303099 on TY agar (clean).jpg
Mesorhizobium japonicum strain MAFF303099 on an agar plate.
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Hyphomicrobiales
Family: Phyllobacteriaceae
Genus: Mesorhizobium
Jarvis et al. 1997
Type species
Mesorhizobium loti
Species

See text.

Mesorhizobium is a genus of Gram-negative soil bacteria. At least one, the nitrogen fixing species, Mesorhizobium loti, forms symbiotic root nodules with plants in the genus Lotus . Strain MAFF303099 of M. japonicum has been fully sequenced. [1]

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Species

Accepted Species

Mesorhizobium comprises the following species: [2] [3]

Provisional Species

The following species have been described, but not validated according to the Bacteriological Code: [2]

References

  1. Kaneko, T.; et al. (2000). "Complete Genome Structure of the Nitrogen-fixing Symbiotic Bacterium Mesorhizobium loti". DNA Research. 7 (6): 331–338. doi: 10.1093/dnares/7.6.331 . PMID   11214968.
  2. 1 2 "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature—Mesorhizobium" . Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  3. Parte, A.C. "Mesorhizobium". LPSN .
  4. De Meyer SE, Andrews M, James EK, Willems A (2019). "Mesorhizobium carmichaelinearum sp. nov., isolated from Carmichaelineae spp. root nodules". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 69 (1): 146–152. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.003120 . PMID   30457516.
  5. Lo, S. C.; Li, B.; Hung, G. C.; Lei, H.; Li, T.; Zhang, J.; Nagamine, K.; Tsai, S.; Zucker, M. J.; Olesnicky, L. (2013). "Isolation and Characterization of Two Novel Bacteria Afipia cberi and Mesorhizobium hominis from Blood of a Patient Afflicted with Fatal Pulmonary Illness". PLOS ONE. 8 (12): e82673. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...882673L. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082673 . PMC   3867388 . PMID   24367538.