Neorhizobium

Neorhizobium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Rhizobiales
Family: Rhizobiaceae
Genus: Neorhizobium
Mousavi et al. 2014[1]
Type species
Neorhizobium galegae
Lindström 1989
Species
  • Neorhizobium alkalisoli (Lu et al. 2009) Mousavi et al. 2014
  • Neorhizobium galegae (Lindström 1989) Mousavi et al. 2014
    • symbiovar officinalis[2]
    • symbiovar orientalis[2]
  • Neorhizobium huautlense (Wang et al. 1998) Mousavi et al. 2014
  • Neorhizobium vignae (Ren et al. 2011) Mousavi et al. 2014

Neorhizobium is a genus of Gram-negative soil bacteria that fix nitrogen. It was recently segregated from the genus Rhizobium. Neorhizobium forms an endosymbiotic nitrogen-fixing association with roots of legumes.

References

  1. ↑ Mousavi SA, Österman J, Wahlberg N, Nesme X, Lavire C, Vial L, Paulin L, de Lajudie P, Lindström K (2014). "Phylogeny of the Rhizobium–Allorhizobium–Agrobacterium clade supports the delineation of Neorhizobium gen. nov.". Syst Appl Microbiol. 37 (3): 208–15. doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2013.12.007. PMID 24581678.
  2. 1 2 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.
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