| mesorhizobium caraganae sp. nov., a novel rhizobial species nodulated with caragana spp. in china. | five rhizobial strains representing the largest group in the genus mesorhizobium associated with caragana spp. in china were characterized taxonomically. phylogenetic analysis based on 16s rrna gene sequences indicated that these microsymbionts belonged to the genus mesorhizobium, with mesorhizobium tianshanense usda 3592(t), mesorhizobium temperatum sdw018(t) and mesorhizobium mediterraneum upm-ca36(t) as the closest neighbours (>/=99.5 % 16s rrna gene sequence similarity). genotypic fingerprin ... | 2008 | 18984708 |