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The Bradyrhizobiaceae are a family of bacteria, with ten genera. They include plant-associated bacteria such as Bradyrhizobium, a genus of rhizobia associated with some legumes. It also contains animal-associated bacteria such as Afipia felis, formerly thought to cause cat-scratch disease. Others are free-living, such as Rhodopseudomonas, a purple bacterium found in marine water and soils. The strain Rhodopseudomonas palustris DX-1 can generate an electric current with no hydrogen production, a trait that is being explored in the development of the microbial fuel cell[1].
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- ^ Defeng Xing, Yi Zuo, Shaoan Cheng, John M. Regan, and Bruce E. Logan (2008). "Electricity Generation by Rhodopseudomonas palustris DX-1". Environ. Sci. Technol.. doi:10.1021/es800312v.
