Species Rhizobium loti

Name: Rhizobium loti Jarvis et al. 1982

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lo’ti. L. masc. n. Lotus, the name of several plants and also the generic name of leguminous plants (Lotus); L. gen. masc. n. loti, of Lotus

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 700743; CCUG 27878; DSM 2626; HAMBI 1129; IFO 14779; JCM 21464; LMG 6125; NBRC 14779; NZP 2213

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16S rRNA gene: KM192337 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jarvis BDW, Pankhurst CE, Patel JJ. Rhizobium loti, a new species of legume root nodule bacteria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:378-380.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Mesorhizobium loti (Jarvis et al. 1982) Jarvis et al. 1997

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mesorhizobium loti (Jarvis et al. 1982) Jarvis et al. 1997	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Rhizobium loti is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Rhizobium.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 36 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🧍 The ATCC accessioned in its place the strain ATCC 700743 [2]. — Tang J. Personal communication, 2002-06-14.
- 🧍 The strain ATCC 33669, designated as the type strain of Rhizobium loti, is a mixed culture [1] and has been deaccessioned by the ATCC [2]. Publication: Willems A, Hoste B, Tang J, Janssens D, Gillis M. Differences between subcultures of the Mesorhizobium loti type strain from different culture collections. Syst Appl Microbiol 2001; 24:549-553.

Parent taxon: Rhizobium Frank 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Jarvis BDW, Pankhurst CE, Patel JJ. Rhizobium loti, a new species of legume root nodule bacteria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:378-380.

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Record number: 780367

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