Neorhizobium | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
Order: | Hyphomicrobiales |
Family: | Rhizobiaceae |
Genus: | Neorhizobium Mousavi et al. 2014[1] |
Type species | |
Neorhizobium galegae Lindström 1989
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Species[2] | |
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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.