Mesorhizobium amorphae explained

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.

Further reading

• Rivas R, Laranjo M, Mateos PF, Oliveira S, Martínez-Molina E, Velázquez E . 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 . . 44 . 4 . 412–8 . April 2007 . 17397480 . 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2006.02086.x . free .

External links

• • LPSN
• Type strain of Mesorhizobium amorphae at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Wang ET, Rogel MA, Sui XH, Chen WX, Martínez-Romero E, van Berkum P . Mesorhizobium amorphae, a rhizobial species that nodulates Amorpha fruticosa, is native to American soils . . 178 . 4 . 301–5 . October 2002 . 12209264 . 10.1007/s00203-002-0448-9 . 15741698 .
2. Hao. X.. Lin. Y.. Johnstone. L.. Baltrus. D. A.. Miller. S. J.. Wei. G.. Rensing. C.. Draft Genome Sequence of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobium Mesorhizobium amorphae, Isolated from Zinc-Lead Mine Tailings. Journal of Bacteriology. 194. 3. 2012. 736–737. 0021-9193. 10.1128/JB.06475-11. 22247533. 3264094.