Paraburkholderia phytofirmans

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Paraburkholderia phytofirmans
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Burkholderiaceae
Genus: Paraburkholderia
Species:
P. phytofirmans
Binomial name
Paraburkholderia phytofirmans
(Sessitsch et al. 2005) Sawana et al. 2015 [1]
Synonyms
  • Burkholderia phytofirmansSessitsch et al. 2005

Paraburkholderia phytofirmans is a species of bacteria. [2] They have been reported to colonize endophytic tissues of hybrid white spruce ( Picea glauca x engelmannii ) and lodgepole pine with a strong potential to perform biological nitrogen fixation and plant growth promotion. [3] [4] [5]

References

  1. Sawana A, Adeolu M, Gupta RS (2014). "Molecular signatures and phylogenomic analysis of the genus Burkholderia: proposal for division of this genus into the emended genus Burkholderia containing pathogenic organisms and a new genus Paraburkholderia gen. nov. harboring environmental species". Frontiers in Genetics. 5: 429. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00429 . PMC   4271702 . PMID   25566316.
  2. Burkholderia J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
  3. Puri A, Padda KP, Chanway CP (2020-01-01). "Can naturally-occurring endophytic nitrogen-fixing bacteria of hybrid white spruce sustain boreal forest tree growth on extremely nutrient-poor soils?". Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 140: 107642. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.107642. ISSN   0038-0717.
  4. Puri A, Padda KP, Chanway CP (2018-12-15). "Evidence of endophytic diazotrophic bacteria in lodgepole pine and hybrid white spruce trees growing in soils with different nutrient statuses in the West Chilcotin region of British Columbia, Canada". Forest Ecology and Management. 430: 558–565. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2018.08.049. ISSN   0378-1127.
  5. Puri A, Padda KP, Chanway CP (2020-08-26). "Sustaining the growth of Pinaceae trees under nutrient-limited edaphic conditions via plant-beneficial bacteria". PLOS ONE. 15 (8): e0238055. Bibcode:2020PLoSO..1538055P. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238055 . PMC   7449467 . PMID   32845898.