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.[3][4]

Rhizobium gallicum
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Hyphomicrobiales
Family: Rhizobiaceae
Genus: Rhizobium
Species:
R. gallicum
Binomial name
Rhizobium gallicum
Amarger et al. 1997
Biovars[1][2]
  • symbiovar gallicum
  • symbiovar orientale
  • symbiovar phaseoli
Synonyms
  • Rhizobium azibense Mnasri et al. 2014

References

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  1. ^ Amarger N, Macheret V, Laguerre G (October 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. PMID 9336898.
  2. ^ Silva C, Vinuesa P, Eguiarte LE, Souza V, Martínez-Romero E (November 2005). "Evolutionary genetics and biogeographic structure of Rhizobium gallicum sensu lato, a widely distributed bacterial symbiont of diverse legumes". Molecular Ecology. 14 (13): 4033–50. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02721.x. PMID 16262857. S2CID 16668742.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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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