Identified as a constituent of the oral microbiome by Human Oral Microbiome Database.
This species has been identified as a resident in the human gastrointestinal tract based on the phylogenetic framework of its small subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequences.[PMC 4262072]
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COGEM
COGEM released a comprehensive database of pathogenicity assessment of around 2575 bacterial species in 2011. The database ranks the pathogenicity of species on a scale of 1 to 4. Mesorhizobium loti ranks 1 on this scale: The species or strain does not belong to a recognized group of
disease-invoking agents in humans or animals and/or has an extended history of safe usage under conditions
without any physical restrictions