Methylorubrum rhodesianum

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Methylorubrum rhodesianum
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Methylorubrum rhodesianum
(Green et al. 1988) Green and Ardley 2018 [1]
Synonyms
  • Methylobacterium lusitanumDoronina et al. 2002 [2]
  • Methylobacterium rhodesianumGreen et al. 1988

Methylorubrum rhodesianum is a species of alphaproteobacteria. [3] It has been found on the International Space Station (ISS) amongst others. [4]

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Methylorubrum rhodesianum has the potential to be a biofertilizer due to its ability to fix nitrogen. By associating with plants, it can enhance nutrients and support plant growth, helping improve agricultural practices in a sustainable way.

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References

  1. Green PN, Ardley JK (2018). "Review of the genus Methylobacterium and closely related organisms: A proposal that some Methylobacterium species be reclassified into a new genus, Methylorubrum gen. nov". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 68 (9): 2727–2748. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.002856 . PMID   30024371. S2CID   51698347.
  2. Kato Y, Asahara M, Arai D, Goto K, Yokota A (2005). "Reclassification of Methylobacterium chloromethanicum and Methylobacterium dichloromethanicum as later subjective synonyms of Methylobacterium extorquens and of Methylobacterium lusitanum as a later subjective synonym of Methylobacterium rhodesianum". J Gen Appl Microbiol. 51 (5): 287–299. doi: 10.2323/jgam.51.287 . PMID   16314683. S2CID   35858788.
  3. Green, P. N.; Bousfield, I. J.; Hood, D. (1988). "Three New Methylobacterium Species: M. rhodesianum sp. nov., M. zatmanii sp. nov., and M. fujisawaense sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 38 (1): 124–127. doi: 10.1099/00207713-38-1-124 . ISSN   0020-7713.
  4. Jacinta Bowler: Microbes Unknown to Science Discovered on The International Space Station. sciencealert, 16 MARCH 2021
  1. Whittenbury, J. E., et al. "Studies on the methane-oxidizing bacterium." Journal of General Microbiology 77.1 (1973): 7-33.
  2. Dunfield, Peter F., et al. "The Methanotrophs-The Families Methylococcaceae and Methylocystaceae." The Prokaryotes: Alphaproteobacteria and Betaproteobacteria (2014): 105-134.

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