Bradyrhizobium japonicum

Bradyrhizobium japonicum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Hyphomicrobiales
Family: Nitrobacteraceae
Genus: Bradyrhizobium
Species:
B. japonicum
Binomial name
Bradyrhizobium japonicum
Synonyms
  • Rhizobium japonicum Buchanan 1926
  • Rhizobacterium japonicum Kirchner 1896[1]
Black-and-white cross-section image of bacteria. A few large cells are visible, with white outlines and dark interiors. The space between cells is grainy.
Cross-section of Bradyrhyzobium japonicum bacteria

Bradyrhizobium japonicum is a species of legume-root nodulating, microsymbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria. The species is one of many Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria commonly referred to as rhizobia.[citation needed] Within that broad classification, which has three groups, taxonomy studies using DNA sequencing indicate that B. japonicum belongs within homology group II.[2]

  1. ^ Jordan, D. C. (1982). "Transfer of Rhizobium japonicum Buchanan 1980 to Bradyrhizobium gen. nov., a Genus of Slow-Growing, Root Nodule Bacteria from Leguminous Plants". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 32: 136–139. doi:10.1099/00207713-32-1-136.
  2. ^ Hollis, A. B.; Kloos, W. E.; Elkan, G. E. (1981). "DNA:DNA hybridization studies of Rhizobium japonicum and related Rhizobiaceae". Journal of General Microbiology. 123: 215–222. doi:10.1099/00221287-123-2-215.