Rhizobium galegae

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Rhizobium galegae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Alpha Proteobacteria
Order: Rhizobiales
Family: Rhizobiaceae
Genus: Rhizobium
Species: R. galegae
Binomial name
Rhizobium galegae
Lindström 1989
Symbiovars[1]

R. galegae bv. officinalis
R. galegae bv. orientalis

Rhizobium galegae is a Gram negative root nodule bacteria.[2] It forms nitrogen-fixing root nodules on legumes in the genus Galega.

See also

References

  1. Radeva G, Jurgens G, Niemi M, Nick G, Suominen L, Lindström K. (2001). "Description of two biovars in the Rhizobium galegae species: biovar orientalis and biovar officinalis". Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 24 (2): 192–205. doi:10.1078/0723-2020-00029. PMID 11518322. 
  2. Lindstrom, K. (1989). "Rhizobium galegae, a New Species of Legume Root Nodule Bacteria". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 39 (3): 365–367. doi:10.1099/00207713-39-3-365. ISSN 0020-7713. 


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