Beijerinckiaceae
Beijerinckiaceae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
Order: | Rhizobiales |
Family: | Beijerinckiaceae Garrity et al. 2006 |
Genera[1] | |
Beijerinckia |
The Beijerinckiaceae are a family of Rhizobiales named after the Dutch microbiologist Martinus Willem Beijerinck. Beijerinckia is a genus of free-living aerobic nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Acidotolerant Beijerinckiaceae has been shown to be the main bacterial methanol sink in a deciduous forest soil and highlights their importance for the conversion of methanol in forest soils.
References
- Morawe, Mareen. "Acidotolerant Bacteria and Fungi as a sink of methanol-derived carbon in a deciduous forest soil".
- ↑ "List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature". Archived from the original on 4 May 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Beijerinckiaceae". www.uniprot.org.
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