Name: Mesorhizobium thiogangeticum Ghosh and Roy 2006
Etymology: thi.o.gan.ge’ti.cum. Gr. neut. n. theîon, sulfur; L. neut. adj. gangeticum, from Ganga; N.L. neut. adj. thiogangeticum, because the bacterium is so far the only sulfur-lithotrophic member of Mesorhizobium and is a native of the Gangetic plains of India
Type strain: DSM 17097; LMG 22697; MTCC 7001; SJT
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16S rRNA gene: AJ864462 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Ghosh W, Roy P. Mesorhizobium thiogangeticum sp. nov., a novel sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph from rhizosphere soil of an Indian tropical leguminous plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:91-97.
IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:679-680.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Mesorhizobium Jarvis et al. 1997
Assigned by: Ghosh W, Roy P. Mesorhizobium thiogangeticum sp. nov., a novel sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph from rhizosphere soil of an Indian tropical leguminous plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:91-97.
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Record number: 777775