Name: Mesorhizobium sophorae De Meyer et al. 2016
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
Type strain: HAMBI 3606; ICMP 19535; LMG 28223
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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
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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Record number: 793874