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. 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.