''Rhizobium indigoferae'' is a
Gram negative root nodule
Root nodules are found on the roots of plants, primarily legumes, that form a symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Under nitrogen-limiting conditions, capable plants form a symbiotic relationship with a host-specific strain of bacteria known a ...
bacteria, which nodulates and forms
nitrogen-fixing symbioses
Symbiosis (from Greek , , "living together", from , , "together", and , bíōsis, "living") is any type of a close and long-term biological interaction between two different biological organisms, be it mutualistic, commensalistic, or parasit ...
with ''
Indigofera'' species. Its type strain is CCBAU 71714(T) (= AS 1.3046(T)).
References
Further reading
*Pongslip, Neelawan. Phenotypic and Genotypic Diversity of Rhizobia. Bentham Science Publishers, 2012.
*Goyal, Aakash, and Priti Maheshwari, eds. Frontiers on Recent Developments in Plant Science. Vol. 1. Bentham Science Publishers, 2012.
*Velázquez, E., and Claudino Rodriguez-Barrueco, eds. First international meeting on microbial phosphate solubilization. Vol. 102. Springer, 2007.
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External links
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LPSNType strain of ''Rhizobium indigoferae'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Rhizobiaceae
Bacteria described in 2002
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