Azospirillum halopraeferens

Azospirillum halopraeferens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Rhodospirillales
Family: Rhodospirillaceae
Genus: Azospirillum
Species: Azospirillum halopraeferens
Reinhold et al., 1987

Azospirillum halopraeferens is a species of nitrogen-fixing bacteria associated with the roots of Leptochloa fusca and black mangrove.[1][2] It is microaerophilic and its type strain is Au 4 (= LMG 7108 =DSM 3675).

References

  1. Puente, M (1999). "Root-surface colonization of black mangrove seedlings by Azospirillum halopraeferens and Azospirillum brasilense in seawater". FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 29 (3): 283–292. ISSN 0168-6496. doi:10.1016/S0168-6496(99)00023-9.
  2. Reinhold, B.; Hurek, T.; Fendrik, I.; Pot, B.; Gillis, M.; Kersters, K.; Thielemans, S.; De Ley, J. (1987). "Azospirillum halopraeferens sp. nov., a Nitrogen-Fixing Organism Associated with Roots of Kallar Grass (Leptochloa fusca (L.) Kunth)". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 37 (1): 43–51. ISSN 0020-7713. doi:10.1099/00207713-37-1-43.

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