''Mesorhizobium camelthorni'' is a
gram-negative
Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. They are characterized by their cell envelopes, which are composed of a thin peptidoglycan cell wa ...
aerobic
Aerobic means "requiring air," in which "air" usually means oxygen.
Aerobic may also refer to
* Aerobic exercise, prolonged exercise of moderate intensity
* Aerobics, a form of aerobic exercise
* Aerobic respiration, the aerobic process of cell ...
, non-
spore
In biology, a spore is a unit of sexual or asexual reproduction that may be adapted for dispersal and for survival, often for extended periods of time, in unfavourable conditions. Spores form part of the life cycles of many plants, algae, ...
-forming, motile
bacteria
Bacteria (; singular: bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were am ...
from the genus of
Mesorhizobium
''Mesorhizobium'' is a genus of Gram-negative soil bacteria. At least one, the nitrogen fixing species, ''Mesorhizobium loti'', forms symbiotic root nodules with plants in the genus ''Lotus''. Strain MAFF303099 of ''M. japonicum'' has been fully ...
which was isolated from
Alhagi sparsifolia
''Alhagi'' is a genus of Old World plants in the family Fabaceae. They are commonly called camelthorns or manna trees. There are three to five species.
''Alhagi'' species have proportionally the deepest root system of any plants - a 1 m hi ...
in
Alaer in the
Xinjiang Province
Xinjiang Province is a historical administrative area of Northwest China, between 1884 and 1955.
Periods during which various boundaries of Xinjiang Province have been defined include:
* Xinjiang Province (Qing) (1884–1912).
* Xinjiang Provi ...
in
China.
UniProt
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References
Further reading
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External links
Type strain of ''Mesorhizobium camelthorni'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Phyllobacteriaceae
Bacteria described in 2011
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