''Mesorhizobium alhagi'' 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 wa ...
,
aerobic
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non-
spore-forming, motile
bacteria
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from the genus of
Mesorhizobium which was isolated from wild
Alhagi sparsifolia in
north-western China
Northwest China () is a statistical region of China which includes the autonomous regions of Xinjiang and Ningxia and the provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu and Qinghai. It has an area of 3,107,900 km2.
The region is characterized by a (semi-)arid con ...
.
Taxonomy Browser
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References
External links
Type strain of ''Mesorhizobium alhagi'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Phyllobacteriaceae
Bacteria described in 2010
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