
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.1293
Name	Rhizobium loti Jarvis et al. 1982
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	Jarvis et al. 1982
Preferred Name	Mesorhizobium loti
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.1293
Type Strain representative organism	LMG 17826 (t1)^T (=LMG 17826.1 =LMG 6125 =NZP 2213 =DSM 2626 =ATCC 700743 =LMG 17826)


Proper Form	Rhizobium loti Jarvis et al. 1982
Nomenclatural History	The species Rhizobium loti was originally described and validly published by Jarvis et al. 1982. In 1997, Jarvis et al. established Rhizobium loti as the basonym of Mesorhizobium loti (Jarvis et al. 1982) Jarvis et al. 1997 emend. Hördt et al. 2020 .

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Rhizobium loti Jarvis et al. 1982.April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.1293.
Source File	10.1601/nm.1293.xml


This information was last reviewed on January 11, 2016.

References

Jarvis BDW, van Berkum P, Chen WX, Nour SM, Fernandez MP, Cleyet-Marel JC, Gillis M. Transfer of Rhizobium loti, Rhizobium huakuii, Rhizobium ciceri, Rhizobium mediterraneum, and Rhizobium tianshanense to Mesorhizobium gen. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:895-898. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-47-3-895.
Jarvis BDW, Pankhurst CE, Patel JJ. Rhizobium loti, a new species of legume root bacteria. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1982; 32:378-380. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-32-3-378.
Martínez-Hidalgo P, Ramírez-Bahena MH, Flores-Félix JD, Rivas R, Igual JM, Mateos PF, Martínez-Molina E, León-Barrios M, Peix A, Velazquez E. Revision of the taxonomic status of type strains of Mesorhizobium loti and reclassification of strain USDA 3471T as the type strain of Mesorhizobium erdmanii sp. nov. and ATCC 33669T as the type strain of Mesorhizobium jarvisii sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1703-1708. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.000164 [PubMed].