''Bradyrhizobium liaoningense'' is a species of
legume
A legume () is a plant in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seed of such a plant. When used as a dry grain, the seed is also called a pulse. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consumption, for livestock f ...
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root nodulating,
microsymbiotic nitrogen-fixing
Nitrogen fixation is a chemical process by which molecular nitrogen (), with a strong triple covalent bond, in the air is converted into ammonia () or related nitrogenous compounds, typically in soil or aquatic systems but also in industry. Atmos ...
bacterium
Bacteria (; singular: bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were among ...
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It was first isolated from ''
Glycine soja
''Glycine soja'', or wild soybean (previously ''G. ussuriensis'') is an annual plant in the legume family. It is the closest living relative of soybean
The soybean, soy bean, or soya bean (''Glycine max'') is a species of legume native ...
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Glycine max'' root nodules in China. Its type strain is strain 2281.
References
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External links
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LPSNType strain of ''Bradyrhizobium liaoningense'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Nitrobacteraceae
Bacteria described in 1995
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