Rhizobium (genus)

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Rhizobium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Alpha Proteobacteria
Order: Rhizobiales
Family: Rhizobiaceae
Genus: Rhizobium
Frank 1889
Type species
Rhizobium leguminosarum
Species

R. cellulosilyticum
R. ciceri
R. daejeonense
R. etli
R. fredii
R. galegae
R. gallicum
R. giardinii
R. hainanense
R. huakuii
R. huautlense
R. indigoferae
R. japonicum
R. larrymoorei
R. leguminosarum
R. loessense
R. loti
R. lupini
R. lusitanum
R. mediterraneum
R. meliloti
R. mongolense
R. phaseoli
R. radiobacter
R. rhizogenes
R. rubi
R. sullae
R. tainshanense
R. trifolii
R. tropici
R. undicola
R. vitis
R. yanglingense

Rhizobium is a genus of Gram-negative soil bacteria that fix nitrogen.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sawada H, Kuykendall LD, Young JM (2003). "Changing concepts in the systematics of bacterial nitrogen-fixing legume symbionts". J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 49 (3): 155–79. PMID 12949698. 
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