Mesorhizobium loti
| Mesorhizobium loti | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Hyphomicrobiales |
| Family: | Phyllobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Mesorhizobium |
| Species: | M. loti
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| Binomial name | |
| Mesorhizobium loti (Jarvis et al. 1982) Jarvis et al. 1997
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Mesorhizobium loti, formerly known as Rhizobium loti,[1] is a Gram negative species of bacteria found in the root nodules of many plant species.[2] Its name is a reference to Lotus corniculatus, a flowering plant from which it was originally isolated.
Genetics
The complete genome sequence of a strain of M. loti was determined in 2000.[3]
Unusually, M. loti has two
mlr9623) instead of the usual one in each bacterial species. (Ku is involved in NHEJ repair.)[4]
See also
- Rhizobium galegae
References
Further reading
- Perrine-Walker, F. M.; Lartaud, M.; Kouchi, H.; Ridge, R. W. (2014-09-01). Schmit, Anne-Catherine (ed.). "Microtubule array formation during root hair infection thread initiation and elongation in the Mesorhizobium-Lotus symbiosis". Protoplasma. 251 (5). Springer Vienna: 1099–1111. S2CID 8792665.
- Type strain of Mesorhizobium loti at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase