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                <authority>Douglas 1957 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
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                    <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1414" nomenclatural-type="10.1601/tx.1415" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1293" rank="genus" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1414">Mesorhizobium</identifier>
                    <authority>Jarvis et al. 1997</authority>
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                      <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1415" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1293" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1415">Mesorhizobium loti</identifier>
                      <authority>(Jarvis et al. 1982) Jarvis et al. 1997 emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
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        <authority>Jarvis et al. 1997</authority>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.8694" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.8694" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.8694">Mesorhizobium temperatum</identifier>
        <authority>Gao et al. 2004 emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium temperatum" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.8694" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1421" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1421" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1421">Mesorhizobium plurifarium</identifier>
        <authority>de Lajudie et al. 1998</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium plurifarium" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1421" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.14918" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.14918" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.14918">Mesorhizobium shangrilense</identifier>
        <authority>Lu et al. 2009</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium shangrilense" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.14918" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <authority>Chen et al. 2011</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium camelthorni" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.21250" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.23540" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.23540" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.23540">Mesorhizobium muleiense</identifier>
        <authority>Zhang et al. 2012 emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium muleiense" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.23540" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.24084" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.24084" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.24084">Mesorhizobium abyssinicae</identifier>
        <authority>Degefu et al. 2013</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium abyssinicae" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.24084" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.1422" rank="species">
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1422" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1304" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1422">Mesorhizobium tianshanense</identifier>
        <authority>(Chen et al. 1995) Jarvis et al. 1997</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium tianshanense" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1422" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1419" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1288" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1419">Mesorhizobium huakuii</identifier>
        <authority>(Chen et al. 1991) Jarvis et al. 1997</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium huakuii" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1419" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1418" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1281" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1418">Mesorhizobium ciceri</identifier>
        <authority>(Nour et al. 1994) Jarvis et al. 1997</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium ciceri" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1418" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.10856" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.10856" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.10856">Mesorhizobium albiziae</identifier>
        <authority>Wang et al. 2007 emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium albiziae" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.10856" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.13416" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.13416" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.13416">Mesorhizobium caraganae</identifier>
        <authority>Guan et al. 2008</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium caraganae" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.13416" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.14621" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.14621" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.14621">Mesorhizobium opportunistum</identifier>
        <authority>Nandasena et al. 2009</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium opportunistum" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.14621" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.23463" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.23463" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.23463">Mesorhizobium tamadayense</identifier>
        <authority>Ramírez-Bahenaa et al. 2012</authority>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.24165" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.24165" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.24165">Mesorhizobium qingshengii</identifier>
        <authority>Zheng et al. 2013 emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium qingshengii" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.24165" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.26728" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.26728" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.26728">Mesorhizobium jarvisii</identifier>
        <authority>Martínez-Hidalgo et al. 2015</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium jarvisii" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.26728" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.27459" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.27459" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.27459">Mesorhizobium waimense</identifier>
        <authority>De Meyer et al. 2015</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium waimense" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.27459" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.27460" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.27460" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.27460">Mesorhizobium cantuariense</identifier>
        <authority>De Meyer et al. 2015</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium cantuariense" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.27460" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.8693" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.8693" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.8693">Mesorhizobium septentrionale</identifier>
        <authority>Gao et al. 2004</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium septentrionale" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.8693" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1420" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1296" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1420">Mesorhizobium mediterraneum</identifier>
        <authority>(Nour et al. 1995) Jarvis et al. 1997 emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium mediterraneum" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1420" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.9842" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.9842" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.9842">Mesorhizobium thiogangeticum</identifier>
        <authority>Ghosh and Roy 2006</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium thiogangeticum" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.9842" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.13417" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.13417" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.13417">Mesorhizobium gobiense</identifier>
        <authority>Han et al. 2008</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium gobiense" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.13417" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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        <authority>Nandasena et al. 2009</authority>
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.17548" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.17548">Mesorhizobium sp.</identifier>
        <authority>None 2015</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium sp." current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.17548" illegitimate="true" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="NVP" />
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.20214" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.20214" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.20214">Mesorhizobium robiniae</identifier>
        <authority>Zhou et al. 2010</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium robiniae" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.20214" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.23335" rank="species">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.23335" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.23335" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.23335">Mesorhizobium silamurunense</identifier>
        <authority>Zhao et al. 2012</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium silamurunense" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.23335" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.24083" rank="species">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.24083" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.24083" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.24083">Mesorhizobium hawassense</identifier>
        <authority>Degefu et al. 2013</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium hawassense" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.24083" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.24430" rank="species">
    <nomenclature xmlns="http://namesforlife.com/ns/common">
      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.24430" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.24430" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.24430">Mesorhizobium sangaii</identifier>
        <authority>Zhou et al. 2013</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium sangaii" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.24430" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.26727" rank="species">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.26727" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.26727" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.26727">Mesorhizobium erdmanii</identifier>
        <authority>Martínez-Hidalgo et al. 2015 emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium erdmanii" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.26727" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.27496" rank="species">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.27496" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.27496" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.27496">Mesorhizobium acaciae</identifier>
        <authority>Zhu et al. 2015</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium acaciae" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.27496" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.1417" rank="species">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1417" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1417" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1417">Mesorhizobium chacoense</identifier>
        <authority>Velázquez et al. 2001</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium chacoense" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1417" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.1416" rank="species">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.1416" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.1416" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.1416">Mesorhizobium amorphae</identifier>
        <authority>Wang et al. 1999</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium amorphae" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.1416" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.28220" rank="species">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.28220" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.28220" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.28220">Mesorhizobium kowhaii</identifier>
        <authority>De Meyer et al. 2016</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium kowhaii" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.28220" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.28218" rank="species">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.28218" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.28218" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.28218">Mesorhizobium sophorae</identifier>
        <authority>De Meyer et al. 2016</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium sophorae" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.28218" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.28219" rank="species">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.28219" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.28219" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.28219">Mesorhizobium newzealandense</identifier>
        <authority>De Meyer et al. 2016</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium newzealandense" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.28219" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.28216" rank="species">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.28216" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.28216" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.28216">Mesorhizobium calcicola</identifier>
        <authority>De Meyer et al. 2016</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium calcicola" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.28216" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.28217" rank="species">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.28217" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.28217" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.28217">Mesorhizobium waitakense</identifier>
        <authority>De Meyer et al. 2016</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium waitakense" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.28217" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.13418" rank="species">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.13418" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.13418" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.13418">Mesorhizobium tarimense</identifier>
        <authority>Han et al. 2008</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium tarimense" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.13418" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.14205" rank="species">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.14205" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.14205" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.14205">Mesorhizobium metallidurans</identifier>
        <authority>Vidal et al. 2009 emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium metallidurans" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.14205" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.17900" rank="species">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.17900" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.17900" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.17900">Mesorhizobium alhagi</identifier>
        <authority>Chen et al. 2010 emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium alhagi" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.17900" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.29259" rank="species">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.29259" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.29259" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.29259">Mesorhizobium japonicum</identifier>
        <authority>Martínez-Hidalgo et al. 2016</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium japonicum" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.29259" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.29229" rank="species">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.29229" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.29229" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.29229">Mesorhizobium sediminum</identifier>
        <authority>Yuan et al. 2016</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium sediminum" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.29229" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.24082" rank="species">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.24082" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.24082" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.24082">Mesorhizobium shonense</identifier>
        <authority>Degefu et al. 2013</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium shonense" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.24082" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.30304" rank="species">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.30304" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.30304" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.30304">Mesorhizobium helmanticense</identifier>
        <authority>Marcos-García et al. 2017</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium helmanticense" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.30304" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.30364" rank="species">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.30364" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.30364" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.30364">Mesorhizobium olivaresii</identifier>
        <authority>Lorite et al. 2017</authority>
        <status candidatus="false" conserved="false" current-name="Mesorhizobium olivaresii" current-name-doi="10.1601/nm.30364" illegitimate="false" is-current="true" rejected="false" revived="false" status-code="VP" />
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.30560" rank="species">
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      <name-status-group>
        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.30560" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.30560" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.30560">Mesorhizobium oceanicum</identifier>
        <authority>Fu et al. 2017</authority>
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.27595" rank="species">
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.27595" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.27595" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.27595">Mesorhizobium soli</identifier>
        <authority>Nguyen et al. 2015 emend. Hördt et al. 2020</authority>
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.31750" rank="species">
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.31750" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.31750" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.31750">Mesorhizobium delmotii</identifier>
        <authority>Mohamad et al. 2018</authority>
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.31751" rank="species">
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.31751" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.31751" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.31751">Mesorhizobium prunaredense</identifier>
        <authority>Mohamad et al. 2018</authority>
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.31793" rank="species">
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.31793" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.31793" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.31793">Mesorhizobium wenxiniae</identifier>
        <authority>Zhang et al. 2018</authority>
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.32634" rank="species">
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.32634" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.32634" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.32634">Mesorhizobium sanjuanii</identifier>
        <authority>Sannazzaro et al. 2018</authority>
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.33091" rank="species">
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.33091" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.33091" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.33091">Mesorhizobium ephedrae</identifier>
        <authority>Liu et al. 2018</authority>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.33321" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.33321" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.33321">Mesorhizobium carmichaelinearum</identifier>
        <authority>De Meyer et al. 2019</authority>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.33857" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.33857" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.33857">Mesorhizobium hankyongi</identifier>
        <authority>Siddiqi et al. 2019</authority>
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.34487" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.34487" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.34487">Mesorhizobium atlanticum</identifier>
        <authority>Ferraz Helene et al. 2019</authority>
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  <sibling doi="10.1601/tx.35556" rank="species">
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        <identifier doi="10.1601/nm.35556" nomenclatural-type-exemplar="10.1601/ex.35556" rank="species" taxon-doi="10.1601/tx.35556">Mesorhizobium carbonis</identifier>
        <authority>Li et al. 2019</authority>
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        <curatorial-note>Be careful when editing this record. The reclassification of type deposits has called the strain equivalencies and 16S data into question.</curatorial-note>
        <public-note>ATCC 33669 and USDA 3471 were originally considered type deposits for this strain, but a subsequent study by Martínez-Hidalgo et al. reclassified these deposits as novel species. Any pre-2015 culture equivalencies should be verified. LMG 17826 (t1) is a stable colony isolated from the mixed culture ATCC 33669.</public-note>
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