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Bacteria > Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria > Rhizobium
... > Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria > Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci > Rhizobiaceae > Rhizobium
Bacteria > Proteobacteria > Alphaproteobacteria > Rhizobiaceae > Rhizobium

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Rhizobium  

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Scope note

  • A genus of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria that activate PLANT ROOT NODULATION in leguminous plants. Members of this genus are nitrogen-fixing and common soil inhabitants.

History note

  • 1963

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012231

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