''Bradyrhizobium pachyrhizi'' is a
bacterium from the genus of
Bradyrhizobium
''Bradyrhizobium'' is a genus of Gram-negative soil bacteria, many of which fix nitrogen. Nitrogen fixation is an important part of the nitrogen cycle. Plants cannot use atmospheric nitrogen (N2); they must use nitrogen compounds such as nitrat ...
which was isolated from nodules of
Pachyrhizus erosus in
Guanacaste in
Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...
.
References
External links
Type strain of ''Bradyrhizobium pachyrhizi'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Nitrobacteraceae
Bacteria described in 2009
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