[organisms] see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990
     Phylum "Proteobacteria" Garrity et al. 2005 see Superphylum Proteobacteria Craig et al. 2010
       Class Alphaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006
         Order Rhizobiales Kuykendall 2006
           Family Phyllobacteriaceae Mergaert and Swings 2006
             Genus Mesorhizobium Jarvis et al. 1997
               Mesorhizobium loti (Jarvis et al. 1982) Jarvis et al. 1997