Devosia neptuniae
| Devosia neptuniae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Class: | Alpha Proteobacteria |
| Order: | Rhizobiales |
| Family: | Hyphomicrobiaceae |
| Genus: | Devosia |
| Species: | D. neptuniae |
| Binomial name | |
| Devosia neptuniae Rivas et al. 2003 | |
Devosia neptuniae is a nitrogen-fixing bacteria that nodulates Neptunia natans. It is Gram-negative, strictly aerobic short rod-shaped and motile by a subpolar flagellum. The type strain of D. neptuniae is LMG 21357T (CECT 5650T).[1]
References
- ↑ Rivas, Raúl; Willems, Anne; Subba-Rao, Nanjappa S.; Mateos, Pedro F.; Dazzo, Frank B.; Kroppenstedt, Reiner M.; Martínez-Molina, Eustoquio; Gillis, Monique; Velázquez, Encarna (2003). "Description of Devosia neptuniae sp. nov. that Nodulates and Fixes Nitrogen in Symbiosis with Neptunia natans, an Aquatic Legume from India". Systematic and Applied Microbiology 26 (1): 47–53. doi:10.1078/072320203322337308. ISSN 0723-2020.
Further reading
- Rivas R, Velázquez E, Willems A, Vizcaíno N, Subba-Rao NS, Mateos PF, et al. (2002). "A new species of Devosia that forms a unique nitrogen-fixing root-nodule symbiosis with the aquatic legume Neptunia natans (L.f.) druce.". Appl Environ Microbiol 68 (11): 5217–22. doi:10.1128/aem.68.11.5217-5222.2002. PMC 129907. PMID 12406707.
- Polacco, Joe C., and Christopher D. Todd. Ecological Aspects of Nitrogen Metabolism in Plants. John Wiley & Sons, 2011.
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