Azospirillum

Azospirillum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Rhodospirillales
Family: Rhodospirillaceae
Genus: Azospirillum
Tarrand et al. 1979[1]
Type species
Azospirillum lipoferum[1]
Species

A. brasilense[1]
A. canadense[1]
A. doebereinerae[1]
A. fermentarium[1]
A. formosense[1]
A. halopraeferens[1]
A. humicireducens[1]
A. irakense[1]
A. largimobile[1]
A. lipoferum[1]
A. melinis[1]
A. oryzae[1]
A. picis[1]
A. rugosum[1]
A. thiophilum[1]
A. zeae[1]

Azospirillum is a Gram-negative, microaerophilic, non-fermentative and nitrogen-fixing bacterial genus from the family of Rhodospirillaceae.[1][2][3][4][5] Azospirillum bacteria can promote plant growth.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Parte, A.C. "Azospirillum". www.bacterio.net.
  2. Naveen Kumar, Arora (2014). Plant Microbes Symbiosis: Applied Facets. Springer. ISBN 81-322-2068-4.
  3. "Azospirillum". www.uniprot.org.
  4. Steenhoudt, O; Vanderleyden, J (October 2000). "Azospirillum, a free-living nitrogen-fixing bacterium closely associated with grasses: genetic, biochemical and ecological aspects.". FEMS microbiology reviews. 24 (4): 487–506. PMID 10978548.
  5. Fabricio Dario, Cassán; Yaacov, Okon; Cecilia M., Creus (2015). Handbook for Azospirillum: Technical Issues and Protocols. Springer. ISBN 3-319-06542-4.
  6. Elena I., Katsy, (2014). Plasticity in plant-growth-promoting and phytopathogenic bacteria. New York, NY: Imprint: Springer. ISBN 1-4614-9203-3.

Further reading

External identifiers for Azospirillum
Encyclopedia of Life 98233


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