Beijerinckia
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| Beijerinckia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Hyphomicrobiales |
| Family: | Beijerinckiaceae |
| Genus: | Beijerinckia Derx 1950[1] |
| Type species | |
| Beijerinckia indica[1] | |
| Species | |
Beijerinckia is a genus of bacteria from the family Beijerinckiaceae.[1][2]
Beijerinckia is a free living nitrogen-fixing aerobic microbe. It has abundant of nitrogenase enzyme capable of nitrogen reduction.Beijerinckia are characterized as nonsymbiotic (i.e., free-living), aerobic, chemoheterorophic bacteria with the ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen. They can be distinguished from other nitrogen-fixing bacteria by cell morphology and some physiological characteristics.
Beijerinckia is named after M.W. Beijerinck, the Dutch microbiologist (1851–1931).[3]