Mesorhizobium amorphae

Mesorhizobium amorphae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Alpha Proteobacteria
Order: Rhizobiales
Family: Phyllobacteriaceae
Genus: Mesorhizobium
Species: M. amorphae
Binomial name
Mesorhizobium amorphae
Wang et al. 1999

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.

References

  1. 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. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
  2. 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.

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