Mesorhizobium loti | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
Order: | Hyphomicrobiales |
Family: | Phyllobacteriaceae |
Genus: | Mesorhizobium |
Species: | M. loti
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Binomial name | |
Mesorhizobium loti (Jarvis et al. 1982) Jarvis et al. 1997
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Mesorhizobium loti, formerly known as Rhizobium loti,[1] is a Gram negative species of bacteria found in the root nodules of many plant species.[2] Its name is a reference to Lotus corniculatus, a flowering plant from which it was originally isolated.
The complete genome sequence of a strain of M. loti was determined in 2000.[3]
Unusually, M. loti has two Ku genes (mlr9624 and mlr9623) instead of the usual one in each bacterial species. (Ku is involved in NHEJ repair.)[4]