| Entry | T00043 |
| Org code | mlo |
| Name | Mesorhizobium japonicum MAFF 303099, endosymbiont of Lotus species (Mesorhizobium loti MAFF303099) |
| Category | Reference genome; Type strain |
| Annotation | yes |
| Taxonomy | TAX:266835 |
| Lineage | Bacteria; Pseudomonadati; Pseudomonadota; Alphaproteobacteria; Hyphomicrobiales; Phyllobacteriaceae; Mesorhizobium; Mesorhizobium japonicum |
| Org group | Bacteria; Alphaproteobacteria; Hyphomicrobiales |
| Brite | KEGG organisms [BR:br08601]
KEGG organisms in the NCBI taxonomy [BR:br08610]
KEGG organisms in taxonomic ranks [BR:br08611] |
| Data source | GenBank (Assembly: GCA_000009625.1 Complete Genome) |
| Keywords | Plant endosymbiont |
| Comment | Symbiotic bacterium.
Forms determinant-type globular nodules.
Performs nitrogen-fixation on several Lotus species. |
| Chromosome | Circular (GB: BA000012) |
| Plasmid | pMLa; Circular (GB: BA000013)
pMLb; Circular (GB: AP003017) |
| Statistics | Number of protein genes: 7281
Number of RNA genes: 57 |
| Created | 2000 |
| Reference | PMID: 11214968 |
| Authors | Kaneko T, Nakamura Y, Sato S, Asamizu E, Kato T, Sasamoto S, Watanabe A, Idesawa K, Ishikawa A, Kawashima K, et al. |
| Title | Complete genome structure of the nitrogen-fixing symbiotic bacterium Mesorhizobium loti. |
| Journal | DNA Res 7:331-8 (2000)
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/7.6.331 |
