Neorhizobium

Neorhizobium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Rhizobiales
Family:	Rhizobiaceae
Genus:	Neorhizobium; Mousavi et al. 2014
Type species
	Neorhizobium galegae; Lindström 1989
Species
	Neorhizobium alkalisoli (Lu et al. 2009) Mousavi et al. 2014; Neorhizobium galegae (Lindström 1989) Mousavi et al. 2014 symbiovar officinalis; symbiovar orientalis; ; Neorhizobium huautlense (Wang et al. 1998) Mousavi et al. 2014; Neorhizobium vignae (Ren et al. 2011) Mousavi et al. 2014;

Neorhizobium is a genus of Gram-negative soil bacteria that fix nitrogen. It was recently segregated from the genus Rhizobium. Neorhizobium forms an endosymbiotic nitrogen-fixing association with roots of legumes.

References

^ Mousavi SA, Österman J, Wahlberg N, Nesme X, Lavire C, Vial L, Paulin L, de Lajudie P, Lindström K (2014). "Phylogeny of the Rhizobium–Allorhizobium–Agrobacterium clade supports the delineation of Neorhizobium gen. nov". Syst Appl Microbiol. 37 (3): 208–15. doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2013.12.007. PMID 24581678.
^ ^a ^b Radeva G, Jurgens G, Niemi M, Nick G, Suominen L, Lindström K (2001). "Description of two biovars in the Rhizobium galegae species: biovar orientalis and biovar officinalis". Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 24 (2): 192–205. doi:10.1078/0723-2020-00029. PMID 11518322.