Genus Mesorhizobium
Name: Mesorhizobium Jarvis et al. 1997
Etymology: Gr. masc. adj. [μέσος] mesos, middle; N.L. neut. n. Rhizobium, bacterial generic name; N.L. neut. n. Mesorhizobium, the meso-growing rhizobium, referring to the growth rate intermediate between those of the genera Rhizobium and Bradyrhizobium
Type species: Mesorhizobium loti (Jarvis et al. 1982) Jarvis et al. 1997
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Jarvis BDW, Van Berkum P, Chen WX, Nour SM, Fernandez MP, Cleyet-Marel JC, Gillis M. Transfer of Rhizobium loti, Rhizobium huakuii, Rhizobium ciceri, Rhizobium mediterraneum, and Rhizobium tianshanense to Mesorhizobium gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:895-898. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1275-1276.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Rhizobium Frank 1889 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Jarvis BDW, Pankhurst CE, Patel JJ. Rhizobium loti, a new species of legume root nodule bacteria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:378-380.
- This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Mezorhizobium".
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This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.
Publication:
Lindstrom K, Young JP. International committee on systematics of prokaryotes; subcommittee on the taxonomy of agrobacterium and rhizobium: minutes of the meetings, 31 August 2008, Gent, Belgium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:921-922.
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This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.
Publication:
de Lajudie PM, Young JPW. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of rhizobia and agrobacteria Minutes of the closed meeting, Granada, 4 September 2017. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3363-3368.
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This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.
Publication:
de Lajudie P, Young JPW. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Rhizobia and Agrobacteria Minutes of the meeting by video conference, 11 July 2018. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1835-1840.
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This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.
Publication:
de Lajudie P, Young JPW. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Rhizobia and Agrobacteria Minutes of the closed meeting by videoconference, 17 July 2019. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3563-3571.
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This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.
Publication:
de Lajudie P, Martinez-Romero E. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Agrobacterium and Rhizobium Minutes of the meeting, 7 September 2014, Tenerife, Spain. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:516-520.
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This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.
Publication:
de Lajudie PM, Young JPW. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee for the Taxonomy of Rhizobium and Agrobacterium Minutes of the meeting, Budapest, 25 August 2016. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2485-2494.
- Recommended reviewers for taxonomic proposals in this group are the corresponding authors of De Meyer et al. (2019), Wang et al. (2007), Zhang et al. (2012), Zhao et al. (2012), Marcos-Garcia et al. (2017).
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The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Rhizobium Frank 1889 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Jarvis BDW, Pankhurst CE, Patel JJ. Rhizobium loti, a new species of legume root nodule bacteria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:378-380.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 58
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 58
Total number of child taxa: 64
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Mesorhizobium abyssinicae Degefu et al. 2013 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium acaciae Zhu et al. 2015 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium albiziae Wang et al. 2007 validly published under the ICNP correct name "Mesorhizobium alexandrii" Yang et al. 2020 not validly published Mesorhizobium alhagi Chen et al. 2010 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium amorphae Wang et al. 1999 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium atlanticum Ferraz Helene et al. 2019 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium australicum Nandasena et al. 2009 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium calcicola De Meyer et al. 2016 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium camelthorni Chen et al. 2011 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium cantuariense De Meyer et al. 2015 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium caraganae Guan et al. 2008 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium carbonis Li et al. 2019 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium carmichaelinearum De Meyer et al. 2019 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium chacoense Velázquez et al. 2001 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium ciceri (Nour et al. 1994) Jarvis et al. 1997 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium composti Lin et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium delmotii Mohamad et al. 2018 validly published under the ICNP correct name "Mesorhizobium denitrificans" Siddiqi et al. 2019 not validly published Mesorhizobium ephedrae Liu et al. 2018 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium erdmanii Martínez-Hidalgo et al. 2015 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium gobiense Han et al. 2008 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium hankyongi Siddiqi et al. 2019 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium hawassense Degefu et al. 2013 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium helmanticense Marcos-García et al. 2017 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium huakuii (Chen et al. 1991) Jarvis et al. 1997 validly published under the ICNP correct name "Mesorhizobium hungaricum" Crovadore et al. 2016 not validly published "Mesorhizobium intechi" Estrella et al. 2020 not validly published Mesorhizobium japonicum Martínez-Hidalgo et al. 2016 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium jarvisii Martínez-Hidalgo et al. 2015 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium kowhaii De Meyer et al. 2016 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium loti (Jarvis et al. 1982) Jarvis et al. 1997 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium mediterraneum (Nour et al. 1995) Jarvis et al. 1997 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium metallidurans Vidal et al. 2009 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium muleiense Zhang et al. 2012 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium newzealandense De Meyer et al. 2016 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium norvegicum Kabdullayeva et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium oceanicum Fu et al. 2017 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium olivaresii Lorite et al. 2017 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium opportunistum Nandasena et al. 2009 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium plurifarium de Lajudie et al. 1998 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium prunaredense Mohamad et al. 2018 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium qingshengii Zheng et al. 2013 validly published under the ICNP correct name "Mesorhizobium rhizophilum" Gao et al. 2020 not validly published Mesorhizobium robiniae Zhou et al. 2010 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium sangaii Zhou et al. 2013 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium sanjuanii Sannazzaro et al. 2018 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium sediminum Yuan et al. 2016 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium septentrionale Gao et al. 2004 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium shangrilense Lu et al. 2009 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium shonense Degefu et al. 2013 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium silamurunense Zhao et al. 2012 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium soli Nguyen et al. 2015 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium sophorae De Meyer et al. 2016 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium tamadayense Ramírez-Bahena et al. 2012 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium tarimense Han et al. 2008 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium temperatum Gao et al. 2004 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium terrae Jung et al. 2021 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium thiogangeticum Ghosh and Roy 2006 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium tianshanense (Chen et al. 1995) Jarvis et al. 1997 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium waimense De Meyer et al. 2015 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium waitakense De Meyer et al. 2016 validly published under the ICNP correct name Mesorhizobium wenxiniae Zhang et al. 2018 validly published under the ICNP correct name "Mesorhizobium zhangyense" Xu et al. 2018 not validly published
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Parent taxon: Phyllobacteriaceae Mergaert and Swings 2006
Assigned by:
Hameed A, Shahina M, Lai WA, Lin SY, Young LS, Liu YC, Hsu YH, Young CC. Oricola cellulosilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a cellulose-degrading bacterium of the family Phyllobacteriaceae isolated from surface seashore water, and emended descriptions of Mesorhizobium loti and Phyllobacterium myrsinacearum. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:759-771.
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