What does a bacterial genome sequence represent? Mis-assignment of MAFF 303099 to the genospecies Mesorhizobium loti

Sarah L. Turner1, Xue-Xian Zhang2, Fu-Di Li2 and J. Peter W. Young1

Department of Biology, University of York, PO Box 373, York YO10 5YW, , UK1
Department of Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, , China2

Author for correspondence: Sarah L. Turner. Tel: +44 1865 281 630. Fax: +44 1865 281 696. e-mail: sltu{at}ceh.ac.uk