Azorhizobium

Azorhizobium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Rhizobiales
Family: Xanthobacteraceae
Genus: Azorhizobium
Dreyfus et al. 1988
Type species
Azorhizobium caulinodans
Species[1]

Azorhizobium is a genus of Gram-negative soil bacteria. They fix nitrogen in symbiosis with plants in the genus Sesbania. Strain ORS571 of A. caulinodans has been fully sequenced.[2]

References

  1. "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature Azorhizobium". Retrieved 2013-11-26.
  2. Lee, K. B.; et al. (2008). "The genome of the versatile nitrogen fixer Azorhizobium caulinodans ORS571". BMC Genomics. 9 (4): 271. doi:10.1186/1471-2164-9-271. PMC 2443382. PMID 18522759.


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