“…This species has been isolated from nodules of Mimosa pudica, Mimosa diplotricha and Mimosa pigra (synonym Mimosa pellita) in Taiwan (Chen et al, 2001(Chen et al, , 2003a(Chen et al, , 2005b and from M. pudica in northern and southern India (Verma et al, 2004), and the type strain, LMG 19424 T , has been shown to nodulate M. pudica and M. diplotricha effectively (Chen et al, 2003b). More recently, there has been a greater focus on b-rhizobia in the genus Burkholderia, as these are being isolated from Mimosa and related species with much greater frequency than is C. taiwanensis, particularly in South America and Central America (Barrett & Parker, 2005, 2006Chen et al, 2005a), but also in Taiwan from the invasive legume M. pigra (Chen et al, 2005b). However, with the exception of Burkholderia caribensis TJ182, B. phymatum STM815 T and B. tuberum STM678 T (Vandamme et al, 2002), the taxonomic positions of Burkholderia legume symbionts have not yet been described.…”