''Mesorhizobium loti'', formerly known as ''Rhizobium loti'', is a
Gram negative
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species of bacteria found in the
root nodules of many plant species.
Its name is a reference to ''
Lotus corniculatus
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'', a flowering plant from which it was originally isolated.
Genetics
The complete genome sequence of a strain of ''M. loti'' was determined in 2000.
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.)
See also
*''
Rhizobium galegae''
References
Further reading
*
Type strain of ''Mesorhizobium loti'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Phyllobacteriaceae
Bacteria described in 1982
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