Rhizobium lusitanum is a Gram negative root nodule bacteria, specifically nodulating Phaseolus vulgaris. Its type strain is P1-7T (=LMG 22705T =CECT 7016T).[1]
| Rhizobium lusitanum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Hyphomicrobiales |
| Family: | Rhizobiaceae |
| Genus: | Rhizobium |
| Species: | R. lusitanum
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhizobium lusitanum Valverde et al. 2006
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References
edit- ^ Valverde, A.; Igual, J. M.; Peix, A.; Cervantes, E.; Velazquez, E. (2006). "Rhizobium lusitanum sp. nov. a bacterium that nodulates Phaseolus vulgaris". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 56 (11): 2631–2637. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64402-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 17082403.
Further reading
edit- Valverde, A.; Velazquez, E.; Cervantes, E.; Igual, J. M.; van Berkum, P. (2011). "Evidence of an American Origin for Symbiosis-Related Genes in Rhizobium lusitanum". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 77 (16): 5665–5670. doi:10.1128/AEM.02017-10. ISSN 0099-2240. PMC 3165244. PMID 21705533.
- Pongslip, Neelawan. Phenotypic and Genotypic Diversity of Rhizobia. Bentham Science Publishers, 2012.
External links
edit- "Rhizobium lusitanum". The Encyclopedia of Life.
- LPSN
- Type strain of Rhizobium lusitanum at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
