Sinorhizobium meliloti应译为“草木樨中华根瘤菌”

在国内众多文献中均将Sinorhizobium meliloti误译为"苜蓿中华根瘤菌",它的种加词meliloti是来自豆科植物草木樨属(Melilotus),经拉丁化后而形成的,因此应译为"草木樨中华根瘤菌"才为正确。与它亲缘关系十分接近的另一种根瘤菌-Sinorhizobium medicae,种加词medicae来自豆科植物苜蓿属(Medicago),因此Sinorhizobium medicae才应真正地译为"苜蓿中华根瘤菌"。

In many Chinese references, Sinorhizobium meliloti was wrongly translated into 苜蓿中华根瘤菌（Mu Xu Zhong Hua Gen Liu Jun）. However, the species epithet meliloti came and latinized from the legume Melilotus, so the Sinorhizobium meliloti should be translated into草木樨中华根瘤菌 （ Cao Mu Xi Zhong Hua Gen Liu Jun） in Chinese. Another rhizobial species within the genus Sinorhizobium-S. medicae which was closely related to S. melfloti, was isolated from another legume Medicago named and Latinized after it. So the Sinorhizobium medicae should be translated into 苜蓿中华根瘤菌（Mu Xu Zhong Hua Gen Liu Jun） in Chinese.