Rhizobium (genus)

Rhizobium (genus)

Taxobox
name = Rhizobium
regnum = Bacteria
phylum = Proteobacteria
classis = Alpha Proteobacteria
ordo = Rhizobiales
familia = Rhizobiaceae
genus = "Rhizobium"
genus_authority = Frank 1889
type_species = "Rhizobium leguminosarum"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "R. cellulosilyticum"
"R. ciceri"
"R. daejeonense"
"R. etli"
"R. fredii"
"R. galegae"
"R. gallicum"
"R. giardinii"
"R. hainanense"
"R. huakuii"
"R. huautlense"
"R. indigoferae"
"R. japonicum"
"R. larrymoorei"
"R. leguminosarum"
"R. loessense"
"R. loti"
"R. lupini"
"R. lusitanum"
"R. mediterraneum"
"R. meliloti"
"R. mongolense"
"R. phaseoli"
"R. radiobacter"
"R. rhizogenes"
"R. rubi"
"R. sullae"
"R. tainshanense"
"R. trifolii"
"R. tropici"
"R. undicola"
"R. vitis"
"R. yanglingense"

"Rhizobium" is a genus of Gram-negative soil bacteria that fix nitrogen. [cite journal |author=Sawada H, Kuykendall LD, Young JM |title=Changing concepts in the systematics of bacterial nitrogen-fixing legume symbionts |journal=J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. |volume=49 |issue=3 |pages=155–79 |year=2003 |pmid=12949698 |doi=]

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  • rhizobium — /ruy zoh bee euhm/, n., pl. rhizobia / bee euh/. Bacteriol. any of several rod shaped bacteria of the genus Rhizobium, found as symbiotic nitrogen fixers in nodules on the roots of the bean, clover, etc. [ < NL (1889), equiv. to rhizo RHIZO + Gk… …   Universalium

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