Rhizobiales

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Rhizobiales
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Alpha Proteobacteria
Order: Rhizobiales
Kuykendall 2006
Families

Aurantimonadaceae
Bartonellaceae
Beijerinckiaceae
Bradyrhizobiaceae
Brucellaceae
Hyphomicrobiaceae
Methylobacteriaceae
Methylocystaceae
Phyllobacteriaceae
Rhizobiaceae
Rhodobiaceae

Rhizobiales is an order of alpha proteobacteria. The rhizobia, which fix nitrogen and are symbiotic with plant roots, appear in several different families here.

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