Mesorhizobium amorphae is a species of root nodule bacteria first isolated from Amorpha fruticosa species in China. It is purported to be native to American soil.[1] Its genome has been sequenced.[2] Its type strain is ACCC 19665.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Hyphomicrobiales |
| Family: | Phyllobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Mesorhizobium |
| Species: | M. amorphae
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| Binomial name | |
| Mesorhizobium amorphae Wang et al. 1999
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References edit
- ^ Wang ET, Rogel MA, Sui XH, Chen WX, Martínez-Romero E, van Berkum P (October 2002). "Mesorhizobium amorphae, a rhizobial species that nodulates Amorpha fruticosa, is native to American soils". Archives of Microbiology. 178 (4): 301–5. doi:10.1007/s00203-002-0448-9. PMID 12209264. S2CID 15741698.
- ^ Hao, X.; Lin, Y.; Johnstone, L.; Baltrus, D. A.; Miller, S. J.; Wei, G.; Rensing, C. (2012). "Draft Genome Sequence of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobium Mesorhizobium amorphae, Isolated from Zinc-Lead Mine Tailings". Journal of Bacteriology. 194 (3): 736–737. doi:10.1128/JB.06475-11. ISSN 0021-9193. PMC 3264094. PMID 22247533.
Further reading edit
- Rivas R, Laranjo M, Mateos PF, Oliveira S, Martínez-Molina E, Velázquez E (April 2007). "Strains of Mesorhizobium amorphae and Mesorhizobium tianshanense, carrying symbiotic genes of common chickpea endosymbiotic species, constitute a novel biovar (ciceri) capable of nodulating Cicer arietinum". Letters in Applied Microbiology. 44 (4): 412–8. doi:10.1111/j.1472-765X.2006.02086.x. PMID 17397480.
External links edit
- "Mesorhizobium amorphae" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- LPSN
- Type strain of Mesorhizobium amorphae at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
