Rhizobium gallicum

Rhizobium gallicum is a Gram-negative root-nodule bacterium. It forms nitrogen-fixing root nodules on legumes, being first isolated from those of Phaseolus vulgaris.[1][2]

Rhizobium gallicum
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Alpha Proteobacteria
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R. gallicum
Binomial name
Rhizobium gallicum
Amarger et al. 1997
biovar

R. g. sv. phaseoli

References

  1. Mhamdi, R (2002). "Different species and symbiotic genotypes of field rhizobia can nodulate Phaseolus vulgaris in Tunisian soils". FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 41 (1): 77–84. doi:10.1016/S0168-6496(02)00264-7. ISSN 0168-6496. PMID 19709241.
  2. Amarger, N.; Macheret, V.; Laguerre, G. (1997). "Rhizobium gallicum sp. nov. and Rhizobium giardinii sp. nov., from Phaseolus vulgaris Nodules". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 47 (4): 996–1006. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-4-996. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9336898.

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