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.
| Mesorhizobium loti | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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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Genetics edit
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]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Jarvis, B. D. W.; Van Berkum, P.; Chen, W. X.; Nour, S. M.; Fernandez, M. P.; Cleyet-Marel, J. C.; Gillis, M. (1 July 1997). "Transfer of Rhizobium loti, Rhizobium huakuii, Rhizobium ciceri, Rhizobium mediterraneum, and Rhizobium tianshanense to Mesorhizobium gen. nov". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 47 (3): 895–898. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-3-895.
- ^ Jarvis, B. D. W.; Pankhurst, C. E.; Patel, J. J. (1982). "Rhizobium loti, a New Species of Legume Root Nodule Bacteria". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 32 (3): 378–380. doi:10.1099/00207713-32-3-378. ISSN 0020-7713.
- ^ Kaneko, T. (1 January 2000). "Complete Genome Structure of the Nitrogen-fixing Symbiotic Bacterium Mesorhizobium loti". DNA Research. 7 (6): 331–338. doi:10.1093/dnares/7.6.331. PMID 11214968.
- ^ Pitcher, Robert S.; Brissett, Nigel C.; Doherty, Aidan J. (2007). "Nonhomologous End-Joining in Bacteria: A Microbial Perspective". Annual Review of Microbiology. 61 (1). Annual Reviews: 259–282. doi:10.1146/annurev.micro.61.080706.093354. ISSN 0066-4227.
Further reading edit
- Perrine-Walker, F. M.; Lartaud, M.; Kouchi, H.; Ridge, R. W. (2014-09-01). Schmit, Anne-Catherine (ed.). "Microtubule array formation during root hair infection thread initiation and elongation in the Mesorhizobium-Lotus symbiosis". Protoplasma. 251 (5). Springer Vienna: 1099–1111. doi:10.1007/s00709-014-0618-z. PMID 24488109. S2CID 8792665.
- Type strain of Mesorhizobium loti at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase