Mesorhizobium
Mesorhizobium japonicum strain MAFF303099 on an agar plate.
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

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

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.


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