Species ***Mesorhizobium* *temperatum***

Name: Mesorhizobium temperatum Gao et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tem.pe.ra’tum. L. neut. part. adj. temperatum, temperate, implying that the strains were isolated from temperate zones

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-so-r^hi-ZO-bi-um tem-pe-RA-tum, neuter

Type strain: CCBAU 11018; HAMBI 2583; JCM 21781; SDW 018

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF508208 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gao JL, Turner SL, Kan FL, Wang ET, Tan ZY, Qiu YH, Gu J, Terefework Z, Young JP, Lindstrom K, et al. Mesorhizobium septentrionale sp. nov. and Mesorhizobium temperatum sp. nov., isolated from Astragalus adsurgens growing in the northern regions of China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2003-2012. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:551-554.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- Hördt et al. 2020 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. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06523 (N = 10).
- 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 9 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Mesorhizobium Jarvis et al. 1997

Assigned by: Gao JL, Turner SL, Kan FL, Wang ET, Tan ZY, Qiu YH, Gu J, Terefework Z, Young JP, Lindstrom K, et al. Mesorhizobium septentrionale sp. nov. and Mesorhizobium temperatum sp. nov., isolated from Astragalus adsurgens growing in the northern regions of China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2003-2012. 🇨🇳

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Species Mesorhizobium temperatum

Species ***Mesorhizobium* *temperatum***