organism: Mesorhizobium sp. PUT5
description: Strain PUT5 is a methane-tolerant bacterial isolate recovered from landfill biocover material collected in Poznan, Poland. The strain was enriched under methane-only conditions as part of the SONATA project. It represents a phylogenetically distinct lineage related to Mesorhizobium, and was selected for whole-genome sequencing under the MINIATURA project to aid taxonomic placement and investigate adaptations to methane-rich environments.