[organisms] see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990 stat. inval. see Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 2024
     Phylum "Proteobacteria" Garrity et al. 2005 stat. inval. see Phylum Pseudomonadota Garrity et al. 2021
       Class Alphaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006
         Order Rhizobiales Kuykendall 2006 see Order Hyphomicrobiales Douglas 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)
           Family Phyllobacteriaceae Mergaert and Swings 2006 see Family Bartonellaceae Gieszczykiewicz 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)
             Genus Mesorhizobium Jarvis et al. 1997
               Mesorhizobium loti (Jarvis et al. 1982) Jarvis et al. 1997