Azospirillum halopraeferens

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Azospirillum halopraeferens
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Rhodospirillales
Family: Azospirillaceae
Genus: Azospirillum
Species:
A. halopraeferens
Binomial name
Azospirillum halopraeferens
Reinhold et al., 1987

Azospirillum halopraeferens is a species of nitrogen-fixing bacteria associated with the roots of Diplachne fusca and black mangrove. [1] [2] It is microaerophilic and its type strain is Au 4 (= LMG 7108 =DSM 3675).

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References

  1. Puente, M (1999). "Root-surface colonization of black mangrove seedlings by Azospirillum halopraeferens and Azospirillum brasilense in seawater". FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 29 (3): 283–292. doi: 10.1016/S0168-6496(99)00023-9 . ISSN   0168-6496.
  2. Reinhold, B.; Hurek, T.; Fendrik, I.; Pot, B.; Gillis, M.; Kersters, K.; Thielemans, S.; De Ley, J. (1987). "Azospirillum halopraeferens sp. nov., a Nitrogen-Fixing Organism Associated with Roots of Kallar Grass (Leptochloa fusca (L.) Kunth)". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 37 (1): 43–51. doi: 10.1099/00207713-37-1-43 . ISSN   0020-7713.

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