Mesorhizobium amorphae

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.

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

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.
  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. PMC 3264094. PMID 22247533.

Further reading
  • 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.


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