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Genus Neomesorhizobium
Name: Neomesorhizobium Li et al. 2025
Etymology: Ne.o.me.so.rhi.zo’bi.um. Gr. masc. adj. neos, new; N.L. neut. n. Mesorhizobium, a bacterial genus name; N.L. neut. n. Neomesorhizobium, a new genus separated from the genus Mesorhizobium
Gender: neuter (stem: Neomesorhizobi-)
Type species: Neomesorhizobium albiziae (Wang et al. 2007) Li et al. 2025
Effective publication:
Li Y, Guo T, Sun L, Wang ET, Young JPW, Tian CF. Phylogenomic analyses and reclassification of the Mesorhizobium complex: proposal for 9 novel genera and reclassification of 15 species. BMC Genomics 2024; 25:419. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 221. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6562.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Correct name: Mesorhizobium Jarvis et al. 1997
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Allomesorhizobium Li et al. 2025 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Mesorhizobium Jarvis et al. 1997 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Mesorhizobium Jarvis et al. 1997.
Publication:
Wang FQ, Wang ET, Liu J, Chen Q, Sui XH, Chen WF, Chen WX. Mesorhizobium albiziae sp. nov., a novel bacterium that nodulates Albizia kalkora in a subtropical region of China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1192-1199.
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🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.
Publication:
Mousavi SA, Young JPW. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Rhizobia and Agrobacteria: minutes of the 2024 closed annual meeting. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6680.
- ❗ Neomesorhizobium is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.01983 (N = 23).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: USDA: 1; LMG: 1; DSM: 1.
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🧍 The distinct name Allomesorhizobium from the same publication has a similar spelling.
Publication:
Angell RC, Freund GE, Willett P. Automatic spelling correction using a trigram similarity measure. Information Processing and Management 1983; 19:255-261.
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🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Mesorhizobium Jarvis et al. 1997.
Publication:
Wang FQ, Wang ET, Liu J, Chen Q, Sui XH, Chen WF, Chen WX. Mesorhizobium albiziae sp. nov., a novel bacterium that nodulates Albizia kalkora in a subtropical region of China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1192-1199.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Neomesorhizobium albiziae (Wang et al. 2007) Li et al. 2025 validly published under the ICNP synonym
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Parent taxon: Phyllobacteriaceae Mergaert and Swings 2006
Assigned by:
Li Y, Guo T, Sun L, Wang ET, Young JPW, Tian CF. Phylogenomic analyses and reclassification of the Mesorhizobium complex: proposal for 9 novel genera and reclassification of 15 species. BMC Genomics 2024; 25:419.
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