Herbaspirillum seropedicae

Herbaspirillum seropedicae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Beta Proteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Oxalobacteraceae
Genus: Herbaspirillum
Binomial name
Herbaspirillum seropedicae
(Leifson 1962)
Ding and Yokota 2004

Herbaspirillum seropedicae is an betaproteobacteria with is endophytic diazotroph and forms nitrogen-fixing associations with maize (Zea mays), rice (Oryza sativa), sorghum (Sorghum bicolor),sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum), bananas (Musa) and pineapple (Ananas comosus). H. seropedicae is a potential nitrogen biofertilizer.[1] Studies have shown that rice with H. seropedicae inoculated increases the yield to an equivalent of 40 kg N/ha.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ http://aem.asm.org/content/77/6/2180.full.pdf
  2. ↑ http://aem.asm.org/content/77/6/2180.full.pdf
  3. ↑ http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2180-11-8.pdf


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