Bradyrhizobium

Bradyrhizobium
Cross section though a soybean (Glycine max 'Essex') root nodule. Bradyrhizobium japonicum infects the roots and establishes a nitrogen fixing symbiosis. This high magnification image shows part of a cell with single bacteroids within their symbiosomes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Hyphomicrobiales
Family: Nitrobacteraceae
Genus: Bradyrhizobium
Jordan 1982
Type species
Bradyrhizobium japonicum
Species

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Synonyms
  • Agromonas Ohta and Hattori 1985[1]
  • "Photorhizobium" Eaglesham et al. 1990[2]
  • "Phytomyxa" Schroeter 1886

Bradyrhizobium is a genus of Gram-negative soil bacteria, many of which fix nitrogen. Nitrogen fixation is an important part of the nitrogen cycle. Plants cannot use atmospheric nitrogen (N2); they must use nitrogen compounds such as nitrates.

  1. ^ Ramirez-Bahena, M.-H.; Chahboune, R.; Peix, A.; Velazquez, E. (2012). "Reclassification of Agromonas oligotrophica into the genus Bradyrhizobium as Bradyrhizobium oligotrophicum comb. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 63 (Pt 3): 1013–6. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.041897-0. PMID 22685107.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Eaglesham was invoked but never defined (see the help page).