Mesorhizobium

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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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Mesorhizobium
Mesorhizobium japonicum strain MAFF303099 on an agar plate.
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Hyphomicrobiales
Family: Phyllobacteriaceae
Genus: Mesorhizobium
Jarvis et al. 1997
Type species
Mesorhizobium loti
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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]

  • "M. alexandrii" Yang et al. 2020
  • "M. denitrificans" Siddiqi et al. 2019
  • "Candidatus Mesorhizobium hominis" Lo et al. 2013[5]
  • "M. hungaricum" Crovadore et al. 2016
  • "M. intechi" Estrella et al. 2020
  • "M. rhizophilum" Gao et al. 2020
  • "M. zhangyense" Xu et al. 2018

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