Devosia neptuniae

Devosia neptuniae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Hyphomicrobiales
Family:	Devosiaceae
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 21357^T (CECT 5650^T). ^[1]

References

1. 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. Bibcode:2003SyApM..26...47R. doi:10.1078/072320203322337308. ISSN   0723-2020. PMID   12747409.

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. Bibcode:2002ApEnM..68.5217R. 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.

External links

• "Devosia neptuniae". The Encyclopedia of Life .
• LPSN
• Type strain of Devosia neptuniae at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase