Etymology:Gr. masc. adj.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
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
Taxonomic status:
correct name
Notes:
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".
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 57 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 57 Total number of child taxa: 64
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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