Devosia neptuniae
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Species: | D. neptuniae
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Devosia neptuniae Rivas et al. 2003
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Devosia neptuniae is a nitrogen-fixing bacteria that nodulates Neptunia natans. It is Gram-negative, strictly aerobic short rod-shaped and motile by a subpolar flagellum. The type strain of D. neptuniae is LMG 21357T (CECT 5650T).[1]
References
- ^ Rivas, Raúl; Willems, Anne; Subba-Rao, Nanjappa S.; Mateos, Pedro F.; Dazzo, Frank B.; Kroppenstedt, Reiner M.; Martínez-Molina, Eustoquio; Gillis, Monique; Velázquez, Encarna (2003). "Description of Devosia neptuniae sp. nov. that Nodulates and Fixes Nitrogen in Symbiosis with Neptunia natans, an Aquatic Legume from India". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 26 (1): 47–53. doi:10.1078/072320203322337308. ISSN 0723-2020.
Further reading
- Rivas R, Velázquez E, Willems A, Vizcaíno N, Subba-Rao NS, Mateos PF, et al. (2002). "A new species of Devosia that forms a unique nitrogen-fixing root-nodule symbiosis with the aquatic legume Neptunia natans (L.f.) druce". Appl Environ Microbiol. 68 (11): 5217–22. doi:10.1128/aem.68.11.5217-5222.2002. PMC 129907. PMID 12406707.
- Polacco, Joe C., and Christopher D. Todd. Ecological Aspects of Nitrogen Metabolism in Plants. John Wiley & Sons, 2011.
External links
- "Devosia neptuniae". The Encyclopedia of Life.
- LPSN
- Type strain of Devosia neptuniae at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase