Rhizobium galegae

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

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

Neorhizobium 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, Galina; Jurgens, German; Niemi, Maarit; Nick, Giselle; Suominen, Leena; Lindström, Kristina (2001). "Description of two biovars in the Rhizobium galegae species: biovar orientalis and biovar officinalis". Systematic and Applied Microbiology 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): 365–7. doi:10.1099/00207713-39-3-365. INIST:6569567.

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