Mesorhizobium | |
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Mesorhizobium japonicum strain MAFF303099 on an agar plate. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
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]
Mesorhizobium comprises the following species: [2] [3]
The following species have been described, but not validated according to the Bacteriological Code: [2]