Species ***Mesorhizobium* *sophorae***

Name: Mesorhizobium sophorae De Meyer et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: so’pho.rae. N.L. fem. n. Sophora, botanical name of a genus of leguminous plants; N.L. gen. fem. n. sophorae, of Sophora, referring to the host from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-so-r^hi-ZO-bi-um SO-p^ho-ra͡e, neuter

Type strain: HAMBI 3606; ICMP 19535; LMG 28223

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KC237424 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: De Meyer SE, Tan HW, Andrews M, Heenan PB, Willems A. Mesorhizobium calcicola sp. nov., Mesorhizobium waitakense sp. nov., Mesorhizobium sophorae sp. nov., Mesorhizobium newzealandense sp. nov. and Mesorhizobium kowhaii sp. nov. isolated from Sophora root nodules. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:786-795. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1916-1919.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- Li et al. 2024 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. 🇨🇳 Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 41. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6561.

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.11075 (N = 10).
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Mesorhizobium Jarvis et al. 1997

Assigned by: De Meyer SE, Tan HW, Andrews M, Heenan PB, Willems A. Mesorhizobium calcicola sp. nov., Mesorhizobium waitakense sp. nov., Mesorhizobium sophorae sp. nov., Mesorhizobium newzealandense sp. nov. and Mesorhizobium kowhaii sp. nov. isolated from Sophora root nodules. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:786-795. 🇦🇺

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Species ***Mesorhizobium* *sophorae***