''Bradyrhizobium arachidis'' is a species of
legume-
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. Atm ...
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 amon ...
.
It was first isolated from ''
Arachis hypogaea
The peanut (''Arachis hypogaea''), also known as the groundnut, goober (US), pindar (US) or monkey nut (UK), is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible seeds. It is widely grown in the tropics and subtropics, important to both small and la ...
'' root nodules in China. Its type strain is CCBAU 051107T (=CGMCC 1.12100T = HAMBI 3281T = LMG 26795T).
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LPSN
Nitrobacteraceae
Bacteria described in 2013
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