Devosia neptuniae

Devosia neptuniae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Alpha Proteobacteria
Order: Rhizobiales
Family: Hyphomicrobiaceae
Genus: Devosia
Species: D. neptuniae
Binomial name
Devosia neptuniae
Rivas et al. 2003

Devosia neptuniae is a nitrogen-fixing bacteria that nodulates Neptunia natans. It is Gram-negative, strictly aerobic short rod-shaped and motile by a subpolar flagellum. The type strain of D. neptuniae is LMG 21357T (CECT 5650T).[1]

References

  1. ↑ Rivas, Raúl; Willems, Anne; Subba-Rao, Nanjappa S.; Mateos, Pedro F.; Dazzo, Frank B.; Kroppenstedt, Reiner M.; Martínez-Molina, Eustoquio; Gillis, Monique; Velázquez, Encarna (2003). "Description of Devosia neptuniae sp. nov. that Nodulates and Fixes Nitrogen in Symbiosis with Neptunia natans, an Aquatic Legume from India". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 26 (1): 47–53. doi:10.1078/072320203322337308. ISSN 0723-2020.

Further reading

  • Rivas R, Velázquez E, Willems A, Vizcaíno N, Subba-Rao NS, Mateos PF, et al. (2002). "A new species of Devosia that forms a unique nitrogen-fixing root-nodule symbiosis with the aquatic legume Neptunia natans (L.f.) druce". Appl Environ Microbiol. 68 (11): 5217–22. doi:10.1128/aem.68.11.5217-5222.2002. PMC 129907. PMID 12406707.
  • Polacco, Joe C., and Christopher D. Todd. Ecological Aspects of Nitrogen Metabolism in Plants. John Wiley & Sons, 2011.


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