Neorhizobium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Hyphomicrobiales
Family: Rhizobiaceae
Genus: Neorhizobium
Mousavi et al. 2014[1]
Type species
Neorhizobium galegae
Lindström 1989
Species[2]
  • Neorhizobium alkalisoli (Lu et al. 2009) Mousavi et al. 2015
  • Neorhizobium galegae (Lindström 1989) Mousavi et al. 2015
  • Neorhizobium huautlense (Wang et al. 1998) Mousavi et al. 2015
  • "Neorhizobium lilium" Liu et al. 2020
  • Neorhizobium petrolearium (Zhang et al. 2012) Kuzmanović et al. 2022
  • Neorhizobium tomejilense Soenens et al. 2020
  • Neorhizobium vignae (Ren et al. 2011) Hördt et al. 2020

Neorhizobium is a genus of Gram-negative soil bacteria that fix nitrogen. It was recently segregated from the genus Rhizobium. Neorhizobium forms an endosymbiotic nitrogen-fixing association with roots of legumes.

References

  1. ↑ Mousavi SA, Österman J, Wahlberg N, Nesme X, Lavire C, Vial L, Paulin L, de Lajudie P, Lindström K (2014). "Phylogeny of the Rhizobium–Allorhizobium–Agrobacterium clade supports the delineation of Neorhizobium gen. nov". Syst Appl Microbiol. 37 (3): 208–15. doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2013.12.007. PMID 24581678.
  2. ↑ Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Neorhizobium". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved September 17, 2022.
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