''Paraburkholderia diazotrophica'' is a

gram-negative Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. They are characterized by their cell envelopes, which are composed of a thin peptidoglycan cell wall ...

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and

oxidase In biochemistry, an oxidase is an enzyme that catalyzes oxidation-reduction reactions, especially one involving dioxygen (O2) as the electron acceptor. In reactions involving donation of a hydrogen atom, oxygen is reduced to water (H2O) or hydro ...

-positive,

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, non-

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-forming, motile

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from the

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Paraburkholderia ''Paraburkholderia'' is a genus of Pseudomonadota that are gram negative, slightly curved rods that are motile by means of flagella. They have been reported to colonize endophytic tissues of hybrid spruce (Picea glauca x engelmannii) and lodge ...

'' and the family

Burkholderiaceae The Burkholderiaceae are a family of bacteria included in the order Burkholderiales.Garrity, George M.; Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, Noel R.; Staley, James T. (eds.) (2005). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, ...

which was isolated from the nitrogen-fixing nodules on the roots of a ''

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''. Colonies of ''Paraburkholderia diazotrophica'' are yellow pigmented.

References

diazotrophica Bacteria described in 2013 {{Betaproteobacteria-stub