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Species Mesorhizobium waitakense

Name: Mesorhizobium waitakense De Meyer et al. 2016

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: wai.ta.ken’se. N.L. neut. adj. waitakense, of Waitaki river, referring to the vicinity of the river where the nodules were collected and from where the type strain was isolated [probably better: waitakiense]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: me-so-rhi-ZO-bi-um wai-ta-KEN-se, neuter

Type strain: HAMBI 3605; ICMP 19523; LMG 28227

16S rRNA gene: MT760335 Analysetree FASTA download

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

  • Notes:
    • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.11146 (N = 23).
    • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

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: 793873