Azorhizobium

Azorhizobium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Rhizobiales
Family: Xanthobacteraceae
Genus: Azorhizobium
Dreyfus et al. 1988
Type species
Azorhizobium caulinodans
Species[1]

Azorhizobium is a genus of Gram-negative soil bacteria. They fix nitrogen in symbiosis with plants in the genus Sesbania. Strain ORS571 of A. caulinodans has been fully sequenced.[2]

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