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Mesorhizobium loti

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Mesorhizobium loti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Hyphomicrobiales
Family: Phyllobacteriaceae
Genus: Mesorhizobium
Species:
M. loti
Binomial name
Mesorhizobium loti
(Jarvis et al. 1982) Jarvis et al. 1997

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.

Genetics

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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

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.

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